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The American Family Association is taking the Air Force to task for inviting a drag queen group to perform at an air base earlier this month. The U.S. Air Force recently confirmed to Fox News that it invited a well-known drag queen group known as “Jewels and the Brunchettes” to perform at Los Angeles Air Force Base on “Diversity Day” (August 8) because drag is a "symbol of gay pride and unity." The event also featured a speech by Brigadier General Tammy Smith, who became the first openly homosexual general after the repeal of the law banning “gays” and lesbians...

New Jersey counselors are about to find out whether they will lose the legal right to help minors address same-sex attraction. Earlier this summer, the New Jersey legislature passed a bill banning counselors from working with minors struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions. The bill now sits on Gov. Chris Christie’s desk. Christie has been tight-lipped on his stance, leaving parents and counselors wondering whether he will veto the bill, sign it, or ignore it until it automatically becomes law early next week. New Jersey is among only a few states to consider such a ban. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have similar...

Over the past 3 decades of bashing my head against the stout wall of public apathy, ignorance and stupidity (igorance can be cured but stupidity is forever), I sometimes found myself mutttering that "Like a dog that soils a carpet in the living room, these dummies need a SERIOUS dose of rub-your-noses-in-it statist socialism to get a good close look at the thing" But as I reflected on what I'd just said, it struck me that -- with much help from the government endoctrination centers called "schools" and the 501(c)(3) neutered churches yammering away on Romans 13 -- they might...

1) Lack Of Personal Responsibility: As a society, we encourage a "victimhood mentality" and an overweening government that never met an issue it didn't want to dive into with both feet; so we shouldn't be surprised that so many Americans expect to be rewarded for failure. If GM fails, we've got to step in and keep it afloat. If people snuck into this country illegally, we can't be so hardhearted as to obey the law and deport them! If you bought a house you couldn't afford, you shouldn't be penalized for that when the market takes a bad turn. If...

ince Vatican II the Mass has fallen victim to various kinds of irregularities. This issue has been much discussed from various perspectives, but in this article we will examine a previously neglected aspect of the situation — namely, the psychological reasons why priests have introduced these changes. We will not deal with theological explanations for why the Mass has been subject to liturgical experimentation, nor will we discuss liturgical rationales for such innovations. Instead, we will focus on the psychology of the priest and those assisting at the liturgy that is, on the psychological motives as distinct from theological and...

The female St. John Becket of modern timesAlejandro BermudezFebruary 25th, 2006 The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is strongly encouraging the general audience to watch the movie “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.”According to Jared N. Leland, spokesman for The Becket Fund, “this is a riveting, gripping, a must-see movie about the Becket of the 20th Century. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days depicts Scholl as one committed to her conscience and religious ideals regardless of the fatal consequences. Like Becket, she refused to surrender her religious and moral convictions to that which she could not tolerate in good conscience. Put...