Saturday, February 14, 2015

Citizen Link Update


February 12, 2015
Stoplight: Big Difference

by Kim Trobee

A new study shows the big difference that married moms and dads make.

In his Stoplight commentary, Stuart Shepard looks at what it found and how that applies to the national debate over marriage.

The author, D. Paul Sullins, wanted to see what impact there might be on children who are being raised by two moms or two dads. What he found is highly significant.

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Student Punished for Saying ‘God Bless America’

by Kim Trobee

A student in the Nassau County School District in Florida has been reprimanded for saying, “God bless America,” as he finished reading the morning announcements. Two students who identify themselves as atheists objected to the phrase. School officials said the principal “took the appropriate steps in speaking with the student and disciplining the student” for deviating from the approved script.

Instead of going to the administration themselves, the two offended students reported the incident to the American Humanist Association (AHA) who sent a letter to the school that read, in part:
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Quoteworthy
“Nonconformity, dissent, free inquiry, individual conviction, mental independence, are forever consecrated by the religion of the New Testament.”
Stephen Cowell, Early American legal writer

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