While I napped this afternoon, the most amazing thing happened…
It takes effect in 30 days. Read more from the New York Times. Or, perhaps more fittingly, the Los Angeles Times.
Archives for politics
Gay Marriage Legalized in California!
The Education of Shelby Knox - a review
So there is a lot I want to write about today - The Education of Shelby Knox, which I saw last night and heard Shelby speak afterwards, the Miley Cyrus debacle, the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) who are working on the FLDS case, and the hearings on the effectiveness of abstinence-only-until-marriage “sex education” to [...]
FLDS in Texas: How to assess?
Yesterday I put forward what I have been able to gather about the FLDS events in San Angelo, Texas. I asked for readers’ opinions about the events, and the comments were particularly impassioned and came from radically different points of view. I said I would write today about my opinions and interpretations of [...]
FLDS in Texas: What’s really going on?
I have been thinking, reading, and speaking with more people about the heartrendingly painful events taking place here in Texas. 416 children from a Fundamentalist Church of Later Day Saints (FLDS) ranch were taken into state custody just over two weeks ago. This point everyone agrees on. Almost everything else, it seems, [...]
Interviews and links
I am delighted to have been interviewed by Boinkology recently. Go take a read and read my (rather lengthy) answers to these questions:
What got you interested in adolescent sexuality?
In your writing, you stress the importance of parents talking to their kids about sex. Does it matter how parents address the topic, or is just [...]
Religious, polygamist, sex abusers are bad
In the days since the initial police raid on the Jesus Christ Church of Later Day Saints (i.e., Mormon) ranch in west Texas, there has been and continues to be a whirlwind of news coverage. There were many young girls forced to marry older men, and then forced to have sex with them. The police [...]
Peeping Tom or child porn?
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that a man taking a picture up the inside of a 16-year-old girl’s skirt in public is not illegal. How is this even possible? Apparently he was charged as a Peeping Tom - and apparently that law only applies to places where someone can reasonably claim privacy - [...]
Clinton and Obama
Hi Folks,
I was up far too late watching the presidential nomination results come in from my native Texas and our cold sister to the north, Ohio.
I must say, I am generally delighted by the two democratic candidates, and will ultimately be pleased by either of them. I am somewhat disappointed that both campaigns are [...]
Teens speaking out about sex education
RH Reality Check has a recent post about two teenagers in Iowa working for comprehensive sex education. They are encouraging Iowa to reject Abstinence-only funding from the federal government. Here’s a portion of the post:
It isn’t unusual for Iowa high school students Stacey Hoch and Venessa McDole, both peer advisors, to speak with [...]
4parents.gov
(Written by guest blogger JustAnotherTeen.)
My guest blog for this month will be about 4parents.gov. I found this website through a commercial (they are all on their site) and I must say, it kind of disturbed me. On the about us page, they said this:
“4Parents.gov is part of a national public education campaign to provide parents [...]
