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The Briefing 10-28-13

1) The pornification of Hollywood is a matter of survival - If you are not a scandal, you become no one. The new norm in Hollywood? Hypersexed, USA Today (Ann Oldenburg and Arienne Thompson) When Celebrity Sex Videos Are Rated Y (for Yawn), New ...

October 28, 2013

The Briefing 10-25-13

1. New Mexico court to decide marriage "once and for all." Really?  New Mexico Justices to Rule on Gay Marriage, New York Times (Fernanda Santos) 2. 13 year old boy shot and killed by deputies in San Francisco for carrying toy gun Boy, 13, C ...

October 25, 2013

The Briefing 10-24-13

1. Two school murders in two days - There is no absolute safety from human sinfulness Nevada school shooting: Teacher killed, two students wounded, CNN Justice (Catherine E. Shoichet) Nevada school shooting shows limits of security: Column, USA ...

October 24, 2013

The Briefing 10-23-13

1. Religious Freedom Too Important: Hobby Lobby wants contraception mandate case decided by the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby asks Supreme Court to hear appeal on contraception case, Deseret News (Matthew Brown) 2. Government can't replace parents: ...

October 23, 2013

The Briefing 10-22-13

1. Constitutional Crisis: judges legalizing same-sex marriage with no provisions for religious organizations  New Jersey court agrees to allow same-sex marriage Monday, Washington Times (Cheryl Wetzstein) 4 same-sex couples file lawsuit in Tenn ...

October 22, 2013

A Clear and Present Danger: Religious Liberty, Marriage, and the Family in the Late Modern Age — An Address at Brigham Young University

An address delivered at Brigham Young University by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on Monday, October 21, 2013. I deeply appreciate your invitation to speak at Brigham Young University and to addr ...

October 21, 2013

The Briefing 10-21-13

1. New Jersey court legalizes same-sex marriage immediately, without a vote  New Jersey same-sex marriages can begin Monday, state Supreme Court rules, The Washington Post (Aaron Blake and Juliet Eilperin) 2. Saudi Arabia gains a seat on the U. ...

October 21, 2013

The Briefing 10-18-13

1) Words matter - Malaysian court restricts word "Allah" to Muslims Only Muslims Can Call God 'Allah', Malaysian Court Says, Time (Charlotte Alter) 2) Calling homosexuality a sin is now a sin Rev. Gary Hall of the National Cathedral: Being ...

October 18, 2013

The Briefing 10-17-13

1) Debt deal another exercise in artificial politics  At 11th Hour, G.O.P. Blinks in Standoff, New York Times (Jonathan Weisman and Jennifer Steinhauer) Senate Leaders Reach Bipartisan Deal, Wall Street Journal (Kristina Peterson and Janet Hook ...

October 17, 2013

The Briefing 10-16-13

1) Why is America a magnet for Nobel Laureates?  Economists Clash on Theory, but Will Still Share the Nobel, New York Times (Binyamin Applebaum) Nobels and National Greatness, Wall Street Journal (Bret Stephens) 2) Among heavy gamblers, lose ...

October 16, 2013

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