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Home: Current Issues: Sexuality: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Sexuality: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Surgical Sex - Paul McHughWhen the practice of sex-change surgery first emerged back in the early 1970s, I would often remind its advocating psychiatrists that with other patients, alcoholics in particular, they would quote the Serenity Prayer, “God, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Read more... Talk to Kids about Sex, Love, and Character - Thomas LickonaAs parents and educators, we worry about many areas of our children's decision-making — sex, drugs, drinking, drinking and driving — where the wrong choices can carry a high cost. But we sense that they are most vulnerable, most at risk emotionally as well as physically, in the sexual area of their lives. The damage to our children's health, heart, and character from premature sexual involvement may go deeper, and last longer, than the effects of any other mistakes they might make. Read more... Teaching Moments on Sexuality - Janet E. SmithOn several occasions, Catholic parents have approached me about how to talk to their heterosexual teenagers about homosexuality. Many teenagers are very accepting of the homosexual orientation; they think it is just as natural as a heterosexual orientation. Read more... Teenage Modesty and the Beautiful - Douglas McManamanA battle always ensues whenever I remind my students that they have a responsibility for the way they dress. Read more... Temperance - Donald DeMarcoIn January 1936, a meeting took place between Mohandas Gandhi and Margaret Sanger. The subject of their conversation on that auspicious occasion was contraception. Read more... Temperance - Donald DeMarcoIn January 1936, a meeting took place between Mohandas Gandhi and Margaret Sanger. The subject of their conversation on that auspicious occasion was contraception. Read more... Testimony Before the Massachusetts Senate Committee Studying Gay Marriage - Dr. Jeffrey SatinoverIt is most urgent that these deliberations be based not only on compassion, and justice, but on the factual truth as well. Indeed, unless resting upon truth, neither justice nor compassion can long endure against shifts in sentiment. Read more... That depends what you mean by 'gay' - Father Raymond J. de SouzaA new Vatican document says that men who "practice homosexuality, posses deeply-rooted homosexual tendencies or support the so-called gay culture" should not be permitted to enter seminaries or become ordained priests. Read more... The "Social Vaccine" - Anto AkkaraUganda's aggressive effort to promote abstinence outside marriage, and fidelity within, has become Africa's only success story in fighting AIDS. Read more... The AIDS Pandemic: Saving the Next Generation - Her Excellency Janet K. MuseveniWhile the HIV virus continues to spread unchecked across the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, in Uganda the rate of HIV infection has dropped from 18 percent in 1991 to 6 percent in 2001. Uganda's First Lady, Her Excellency Janet K. Museveni, explains how her country’s aggressive effort to promote abstinence outside marriage, and fidelity within, was the engine behind Africa's only success story in fighting AIDS. Read more... The Assault on the Boy Scouts of America - Midge DecterLet us take a few minutes to think about a 12-year-old American boy living in the early twenty-first century. Now, there are a number of things to say about this boy. Chances are, for instance, that absent the requisite amount of parental pressure, he is likely to be a bit of a slob: his room piled with trash, his hands dirty, his socks sliding down into untied shoes. Read more... The Battle for Purity - Edward P. SriThe battle for purity is ultimately fought deep in the recesses of the human heart. Read more... The Case Against "Same-Sex Marriage" - Margaret SomervilleThis is a brief presented on April 29th, 2003 before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Canada. Margaret Somerville is Samuel Gale Professor of Law and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University's Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law. Read more... The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage - Tim LeslieAssemblyman Tim Leslie offers a compelling argument against same-sex marriage... and has the data to back it up. Read more... The Christian View of Sex: A Time for Apologetics, not Apologies - Janet SmithWhile the fact that our society is suffering greatly from sexual confusion and sexual misconduct is not a novel insight, what is needed is a better understanding and apologetic of the Christian truths about sexuality. Read more... The Clarifying Light of Humanae Vitae - MARY CLAIRE KENDALLTwelve years ago this summer, Tina Turner belted out her song about “love,” asking, What’s love got to do, got to do with it? What’s love but a sweet old-fashioned notion? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?” Her question is a fitting commentary on the current state of confusion over conjugal love and the resulting decline of marriage. But, no one, it seems, is willing to speak to the root causes of this decline. Read more... The Complex Interaction Of Genes And Environment: A Model For Homosexuality - DR. JEFFERY SATINOVERThere is essentially no dimension of behavior which is not both environmentally and genetically influenced. Read more... The Dangers Presented by the "Gay Rights" Movement, and a Response - Father John HarveyFather Harvey summarizes the basic claims put forth by the “Gay rights” movement, noting some of the dangerous judicial actions supporting it, and then presents a legal, moral, and philosophical critique of the homosexualist claims as found in the writings of leading Catholic authors. Read more... The Dilemma of Same-Sex Marriage - DAVID ORGON COOLIDGEAmericans already are being inundated with competing rhetorics of family values versus civil rights, and with contrasting images of “traditional” families compared with same-sex “wedding” ceremonies. Read more... The Downside of Risk Reduction - Matthew HanleyHall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman sustained at least seven concussions over a twelve year NFL career. Read more... The End of Marriage in Scandinavia - Stanley KurtzMarriage is slowly dying in Scandinavia. A majority of children in Sweden and Norway are born out of wedlock. Sixty percent of first-born children in Denmark have unmarried parents. Not coincidentally, these countries have had something close to full gay marriage for a decade or more. Read more... The Failure of Sex Education - BARBARA DAFOE WHITEHEADComprehensive sex education, as now taught throughout the United States and Canada, is not straight talk about sex as it claims, but rather a highly selective slice of information based on a decidedly narrow ideological position. Read more... The Forgotten Generation Reaching Out to Catholic Singles - Mary Beth BonacciAs I work with single adults, I hear one question over and over: "Why haven't I ever heard this before? Why didn't I hear this sooner, before I made all of these mistakes?" Read more... The Gay Divorcees - Charles C.W. CookeAnnouncing the results of his long-term “evolution” on the subject last week, President Obama revived the debate over gay marriage. In the widespread discussion, however, there is one question that’s rarely asked: How interested are gay couples in getting married? Read more... The Greatest Misconception - Dr. RICHARD WETZEL, M.D.Healthy sexual relationships are the result of healthy choices, which must be based on reality. Problems arise when people base their attitudes on falsehoods and distortions. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [>>] Related Categories:
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