Give whatever name to it you want: “abstinence vows” or “viginity pledges” or “virginity contracts”, it just doesn’t matter. And you goddamned well know that the latest label, “purity rings”, makes no difference either.
Teen abstinence programs don’t work.
When it comes to pledges of abstinence “no pledge” is every bit as effective as “any pledge” or [...]
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Teen abstinence vows may please parents, but don’t work
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December 29, 2008 at 12:43pm
by thecodepounder
Education · Family · Health / Medicine · Religion · Social Commentary · Wacky Shit
Growing up with Buckskin Bill: The Storyland Legacy
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December 27, 2008 at 2:17pm
by thecodepounder
Hello everybody, and welcome to this very special program. I’m Paul Gates. If you grew up in the Baton Rouge area anytime from 1955 to 1990, you probably–well, you almost certainly watched two local children’s television shows starring Buckskin Bill Black. Every weekday for almost 35 years, thousands and thousands of girls and boys within [...]
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Same-sex couples face multiple levels of prejudice
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December 25, 2008 at 5:18pm
by thecodepounder
Like being penalized–for not “being married”–by the very systems and institutions of the very society that denies them the right to marry, no less! That’s double-sided prejudice, people.
Associated Press, Tennessee: Divorced mother appeals night ban on partner:
ACLU spokesman Paul Cates said the clause primarily affects lesbians and gays with children because same-sex civil unions are [...]
Family · Freedoms / Rights · Privacy
Catholic bishops latest to play “religious freedom” card
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November 12, 2008 at 12:29pm
by thecodepounder
I get so fucking furious every time some freedom-bashing pinhead tries to make the argument that if the rest of us don’t abandon our freedoms and conform ourselves to the pinhead’s personal belief system, then we are trampling or endangering or disrespecting the pinhead’s “religious freedom”. This time it’s the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops:
BALTIMORE — [...]
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The First Lady will be “Mom” first
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November 7, 2008 at 11:56am
by thecodepounder
Michelle Obama in an article in the TimesOnline, My No. 1 job as First Lady is to be First Mom:
A few weeks ago at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, I shared with the nation some of the many reasons why I believed my husband would be an extraordinary president. It was the biggest speech [...]
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Website of the Office of the President-Elect online
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November 6, 2008 at 10:04pm
by thecodepounder
The website of the Office of the President-Elect is online.
It really does kind of feel like a metaphorical “torch” is being passed, if you’ll excuse me for referencing the Inaugural Address of John Kennedy. What I mean is, Barack Obama will be the first President of the United States that is less than two decades [...]
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Disney-Pixar bumps up ‘UP’ release date
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October 31, 2008 at 2:25pm
by thecodepounder
The forthcoming Disney-Pixar movie UP has had it’s release date bumped up from June 12, 2009 to May 29, 2009. Hey — two weeks is two weeks!
They also have a proper site for the movie now UP : The Official Website. This site is, at this point, little more than a teaser for [...]
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More activism tips from the NCSE
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October 11, 2008 at 10:57am
by thecodepounder
I was just browsing around the website of the National Center for Science Education, as I do from time to time, and came across their 10 Tips for Writing Letters to the Editor on the Resources page. It’s full of practical, well-reasoned tips for being more effective and increasing your chances of getting your letter [...]
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Shopping as activism
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October 8, 2008 at 2:21pm
by thecodepounder
Another insightful post in vjack’s excellent series on atheist activism, over at Atheist Revolution.
On a personal note, this is exactly why I never patronize Chik-fil-A. I tried to go to Chik-fil-A once on a Sunday after church and AH-HAH! — Oh OK, just making sure you were paying attention…
But seriously, I know [...]
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‘Miraculous’ medical recovery and the atheist: a personal observation
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October 4, 2008 at 2:26am
by thecodepounder
I’ve been out of town for almost two weeks, returning home only a couple days ago. My mother, who has been in deteriorating health since taking a fall in February, wound up in the hospital a couple weekends ago, and the initial report from the emergency room doctor was very, very bleak: catastrophic stroke with [...]
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