Muddling Toward Maturity Blog: The Social Conservative Review: The Insider's Guide to Pro-Family News -- October 11. 2012

The Family Research Council does superb work in assembling these articles. For previous issues of the Social Conservative Review, click here. The items below are found here.

Educational Freedom and Reform
Homeschooling

"A Curriculum of Life," First Things
"Judge: Homeschooling "Damages" Kids," Home School Legal Defense Association
"Three cheers for homeschooling," WORLD Magazine
"A New Chapter in the Homeschooling Movement," Her.meneutics

Legislation and Policy Proposals

"The Right Flight," The Christian Post
"When will the Feds admit that they haven't got a clue about K-12 education?," American Enterprise Institute
"I Won't Back Down from Civil Rights... or from Teachers' Unions," Parents Magazine
"Standing up to Won't Back Down," World Magazine
"Potential Pennsylvania charter school legislation forthcoming," The Times Herald
"Putting Students First: A Tale of Two States," The Heritage Foundation

College Debt

"The Other College Debt: Clarion University Has Adopted Conservative Approach to Debt," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Student Loan Debt Affects Generations of Americans," US News and World Report
"First-time voters concerned about student debt, getting jobs after graduation," Anchorage Daily News

Government Reform
Regulation

"Winning the Presidential Debate with Regulation," Fox Business
"Reality, not scare tactics," Daily American

Waste/Fraud/Abuse

"Will California Become a Right-to-Give State?," The American
"Crackup Central," The American Spectator
"House votes to expand protections for federal whistleblowers who expose fraud, waste and abuse," The Washington Post

Health Care
Abstinence

"Emergency Contraception Won't Decrease Teen Pregnancies," The Public Discourse
"The Talk: Addressing Chastity from a Biblical Perspective," The Point

Conscience Protection

"Conscience Protection for Pharmacists, Nurses, and...Abortionists?," Live Action News
"Blunt Amendment: Protections For Religion, Conscience Long Established," Courant.com

Health care reform: Political and Legislative efforts

"A Mandate to Disobey," First Things
"First, Do No Harm," Values and Capitalism
"Governing the Medical Profession: Obamacare and New Governance," The Public Discourse
"Obama Claims Repealing ObamaCare Would Benefit Insurers. In Fact, They Stand to Lose $1 Trillion," Reason.com
"Healthcare Reform... the Job's Not Done," The Galen Institute

Homosexuality

"Post Plugs Polygamy, While Distorting Scholar's Views to Defend Homosexual "Marriage"," Family Research Council
"Catholic Medical Association says male-female marriage important," CatholicCulture.org
"Same-Sex Parenting: Can We Honestly Pursue Truth?," The Center for Vision and Values
"The Regnerus Affair," Christianity Today
"This NFL Player Said What?," Crosswalk
"Family intrusion," World Magazine

Human Life and Bioethics
Abortion

"Teenagers and the Risks of Abortion," Family Research Council
"Statement By H.E. Msgr. Dominique Mamberti, Secretary For Relations With States And Head Of The Holy See Delegation At The 67th Ordinary Session Of The General Assembly Of The United Nations," The Vatican
"Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year," Associated Press
"Following - the Russians?," The Catholic Thing
"Misdiagnosed Causes And Misleading Solutions: Facts Guttmacher Won't Give You," Turtle Bay and Beyond
"Emergency Contraception Won't Decrease Teen Pregnancies," The Public Discourse
"Abortion issues raises privacy concerns in Florida," The Palm Beach Post
"How to Reduce Abortions: An Idiosyncratic Suggestion," Mere Orthodoxy
"Taxpayer-funded drugs without a prescription," WORLD Magazine
"Alaska court: parent needs to know when child seeks abortion," Alliance Defending Freedom

Bioethics and Biotechnology

"Why be surprised, when you can buy?," Family Research Council
"Nepal to join global campaign against gender violence," The Himalayan Times
"Lesbian Rails Against "Biological Injustice" Of Having to Seek Sperm Donor," National Organization for Marriage

Euthanasia and End of Life Issues

"UK Tries to Prevent Backdoor Euthanasia," National Review Online
"Euthanasia Out of Control," OneNewsNow

Stem Cell Research
To read about the latest advances in ethical adult stem cell research, keep up with leading-edge reports from FRC's Dr. David Prentice, click here.

"Hyping Embryonic Stem Cells Like It's 2004," National Review Online
"Science Over Politics: Nobel Prize For Adult Stem Cell Work," Investors.com
"Nanomaterials in a heart beat," Physorg

Human Trafficking

"Obama Administration Leaves Human Trafficking Victims Out in the Cold," The Acton Institute
"Mira Sorvino: Saving Sex Slaves," Christianity Today
"Sex trafficking now an 'epidemic'," The Washington Times
"Proposition 35 raises penalties for human trafficking," Mercury News

Marriage and Family
Adoption

"Adoption, Fear, and True American Girls," National Review Online
"Adoption: Not a Justice Cause But a Spiritual Reality," Her.meneutics

Family Economics

"The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well...In China," Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics
"The Continuing Decline of Economic Freedom in the US," The Library of Law and Liberty
"What's a Christian Response to Poverty?," Economics for Everybody
"The Only Practical Way Out of Our Economic Doldrums," The American
"Don't Trust a Single Number in This Jobs Report (or Any Jobs Report)," The Atlantic

Family Structure

"Proposing "Marriage: A Solution to Child Poverty"," Family Research Council
"The End of Men, the End of Families," Family Research Council
"Thirteen Theses on Marriage," First Things
"Toward a Less Minimal Marriage," The Public Discourse
"Are Christians Just As Likely to Divorce?," National Review Online
"Why C.S. Lewis is Wrong on Marriage," Mere Orthodoxy
"When (if ever) are you ready for kids?," The Cripplegate

Media
Pornography

"An Infertility Cult: The Integration of Sex and Learning," Evangel
"'Shocking' Middle School Sex Ed Program Likened To Pornography," CBS Houston

Internet

"The Internet Doesn't Need More Regulation," The American
"Study: Checking Your Social Media Pages Is as Addictive as Sex and Nicotine," Consumer Affairs
"Theme of the Week: Information Is Not Neutral," The Colson Center for Christian Worldview

Religion and Public Policy
Religious Liberty

"Guest Opinion: The Obama Mandate is the Gravest Threat to Religious Freedom in 226 Years," Catholic Online
"Obama Administration: Bible Publisher Isn't Religious Enough For Exemption," Alliance Defending Freedom
"Aggressive Decision Against Religious Liberty," National Review Online
"Amendment 8 pits religious groups against backers of church-state separation," Orlando Sentinel
"Students Say A Prayer and Defy Anti-Christians," OneNewsNow
"A Debate on Religious Liberty in America," The Heritage Foundation
"The Most Dangerous Branch," National Affairs

Religion in America
Check out Dr. Kenyn Cureton's feature on Watchmen Pastors called "The Lost Episodes," featuring how religion has had an impact on our Founding Fathers.