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A review of The Cruel Hoax: Street Drugs in Australia. By Elaine Walters.

Aug 15, 1996

Shield, 1996.

Today drug use/abuse is not confined to the fringes of society. It is becoming mainstream, glamourised in films, music and magazines.

As a response, Elaine Walters’ new book, The Cruel Hoax, is most timely.

This book dispels

Is Pornography Harmless?

Jul 13, 1996

According to the FBI, the pornography industry in America grosses $10 billion a year. Moreover, there are more outlets for hardcore pornography in America than there are McDonalds’ restaurants. That’s a pretty frightening figure, considering how ubiquitous McDonalds is.

The

A review of Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misconduct.

Mar 15, 1996

By E. Michael Jones.
Ignatius Press, 1993.

In 1988 Paul Johnson wrote Intellectuals. In it he looked at the moral lives of a number of leading intellectuals, such as Rousseau, Marx and Sartre. He found that these individuals, while

A review of The Rising Price of Love: The True Cost of Sexual Freedom. By Dr Patrick Dixon.

Mar 15, 1996

Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

In 1956 the Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin wrote: “This sex revolution is as important as the most dramatic political or economic upheaval. It is changing the lives of men and women more radically than any other

Questions About Our Condom Culture

Feb 8, 1996

What’s wrong with condom vending machines in schools? Let me count the ways.

1) The call for condom vending machines in high schools reveals a condescending attitude to our young people. It says, in effect, our young people behave like

A review of Child Abuse in the Classroom. Edited by Phyllis Schlafly.

Oct 12, 1995

Pere Marquette Press, 1993.

Several years ago when my then 5-year-old was attending first grade at a local state school, he came home with a document called a “Social Justice Policy”. I was supposed to read it and pass on

A review of Straight and Narrow?: Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate.

Oct 1, 1995

By Thomas Schmidt.
IVP, 1995.

The debate about homosexuality revolves around a number of crucial and controversial subjects: human sexuality and emotions, politics, religion, the family and relationships, questions of health, privacy and the social good.

While the debate often

Religion Again Targeted

Apr 21, 1995

A federal Private Member’s Bill to be introduced soon by the Australian Democrats prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexuality is said to urge that all exemptions for church groups and religious schools be dropped.

With the easy passage of

Womb To Let

Mar 2, 1995

The proposal to allow limited surrogacy in Victoria should be resisted, for the sake of the children involved, the “parents”, and the common good of all members of society.

What is at stake is our fundamental conception of the family

Sex Ed Wars

Feb 1, 1995

The Australian Education Union has just proposed that AIDS and sex education classes become compulsory from the earliest years of primary school. It wants homosexuality to be taught in a “positive” fashion as well. The AEU claims that children’s rights

Blurring the AIDS Message

Aug 30, 1994

A new Federal Government-sponsored pamphlet on how to talk to children about AIDS has been released by Family Planning Victoria. The pamphlet is titled, Talking to Kids about AIDS: For Parents and Caregivers of Children Under 10 Years.

The

Lesbian mums

Jul 4, 1994

It cannot be denied that Martina Navratilova is a great tennis player. But can she be as successful at motherhood? The tennis star and up-front lesbian has recently declared that she would like to be a mother. The desire for

Family Realities

Jul 2, 1994

The Federal Government’s decision to include homosexual couples in its definition of family makes two things quite clear: it is especially eager to cater to minority groups while ignoring the needs and interests of mainstream Australians; and it has proven

A review of Monogamy: The Best Defence Against AIDS. By Michelle Nailon.

Feb 1, 1994

Catholic Women’s League of Victoria and Wagga Wagga,1993.

Book reviewers occasionally face the dilemma of having to review a publication that is in all respects excellent – except one. And when that one aspect happens to be a major aspect,

A review of Biotechnology and the Assault on Parenthood. By Donald De Marco.

Oct 11, 1993

Ignatius Press, 1991.

The family has faced assorted threats throughout history. The French and Russian revolutions come to mind as two especially hostile forces to the traditional family. More recently the sexual and feminist revolutions have also done their bit

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A review of The Cruel Hoax: Street Drugs in Australia. By Elaine Walters.

Is Pornography Harmless?

A review of Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misconduct.

A review of The Rising Price of Love: The True Cost of Sexual Freedom. By Dr Patrick Dixon.

Questions About Our Condom Culture

A review of Child Abuse in the Classroom. Edited by Phyllis Schlafly.

A review of Straight and Narrow?: Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate.

Religion Again Targeted

Womb To Let

Sex Ed Wars

Blurring the AIDS Message

Lesbian mums

Family Realities

A review of Monogamy: The Best Defence Against AIDS. By Michelle Nailon.

A review of Biotechnology and the Assault on Parenthood. By Donald De Marco.

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