Author: unitedfamilies

Porn: A ‘victimless’ crime?

The issue of pornography and whether it is a benign or malignant influence on society has been a persistent and controversial topic in American society since at least the emergence of Hugh Hefner and the Playboy “philosophy” in the late 1950s and early 1960s. As the sexual revolution of the 1960s progressed, pornography became a part of the revolution’s public relations campaign. Porn’s detractors were caricatured as “prudes” and uptight, religious bigots who wanted to repress healthy sexual expression.

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Canadian radio host suggests assisted suicide as ‘liberation’ for people with mental illness

A Canadian radio host and former politician is under fire from disability rights advocates after he suggested on air that assisted suicide could be a form of “liberation” for people with mental illness. On May 15, Luc Ferrandez suggested Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) be used as a “solution” to “put an end to the pain” of certain individuals who reside in permanent institutional care.

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