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I spoke at the University of Kentucky a few days ago as part of their Sex Week. The Family Foundation of Kentucky was terribly upset about the Week’s various activities, insulting the faculty organizer and demanding the school repudiate the...
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I continued my trip to Azerbaijan by visiting medieval times twice, from two entirely different—yet oddly related—directions.
Today I went to Krasnaya Sloboda, a small town in the foothills near Russia that is experiencing a...
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This is my 6th day of a two-week trip in Azerbaijan, a country bordered by Turkey, Iran, and Russia. To follow my exploits, see www.MartyInAz.com.
I gave several lectures in Baku this week: to psychologists, and to public health professionals at the...
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Both sides agree—the whole fight over same-gender marriage and other civil rights for gays is about the right to decide what’s normal.
Now there’s nothing more normal than ice cream, and there’s no ice cream more delicious than Ben & Jerry’s....
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I’m back from Chicago, speaking at the annual conference of the ALA—American Library Association. 20,000 librarians under one roof—totally inspiring.
In addition to their deeper-funded and better–staffed cousins from the big cities, they came from...
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Two more “family values” politicians recently bit the dust, as Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford both admitted to extramarital affairs. Prior to that, both men were known as vociferous critics of “immoral,”...
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In the hours following Dr. George Tiller’s assassination, the anti-choice movement sounded unusually reasonable, gathering in front of the Supreme Court this morning to denounce the murder.
But I don’t believe they mean it.
Because given their...
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The President spoke eloquently this week on the need for Americans to find common ground on the issue of abortion.
He made a start by naming the ONLY common ground—the desire of almost everyone to reduce the number of abortions done each year.
And...
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Honestly, I’m not making this up.
On the one hand, the Florida Senate has voted 38-0 to criminalize sex with animals. At the very same time, it’s about to issue license plates depicting the crucified head of Jesus.
Each of these is a nutty idea—...
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The New York Times reports that Baghdad is now “secure enough to sin.”
“Vice is making a comeback,” says the article, in a city “once famous for 1,001 varieties of it.” Of course, the three primary forms of “vice” are sex, drinking, and gambling....
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You’ve probably heard about Pope Benedict’s announcement three weeks ago that AIDS “cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem.”
The comment was especially brutal and...
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At least 10% of the world's population is addicted to pornography, according to Robert Peters, the president of Morality in Media said this week. Peters spoke at the International Life and Family Congress in Baja California, Mexico this week and...
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If you had told Socrates or Queen Victoria that one day there would be an inexpensive little gadget that would prevent pregnancy while allowing you to enjoy sexual intercourse, they would have said “No waaay!”
Well, “Waaay!” That gadget is here,...
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I recently returned from Las Vegas, where I spoke at the annual convention of Pure Romance. For two hours I was on stage in front of 1,000 ladies who sell sex toys and related items at Tupperware-type parties in their friends’ living rooms.
The...
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The Topeka and Shawnee County (Kansas) Public Library’s Board of Trustees voted last week to restrict minors’ access to four books about sex, deeming the material “harmful to minors.”
For my comments on this at the Legal Satyricon—one of the world’s...