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BREAKING: Maine Bill That Protects Kidnappers Who Take ‘Transgender Kids’ for ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Fails in Committee

BREAKING: Maine Bill That Protects Kidnappers Who Take ‘Transgender Kids’ for ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Fails in Committee

Jan 26, 2024 |

The Maine House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee voted that the transgender custody bill LD 1735 “ought not to pass” Thursday. According to footage of the committee posted online, the motion that the bill “ought not to pass” passed 12-0.
Rep. Katrina Smith, a Republican on the committee, also confirmed to The Daily Signal that the bill had died in committee. “Today we won a victory for our children who have been fooled into thinking they are not perfect the way God made them,” Smith told The Daily Signal. “With the death of LD 1735 we have proven that when evil is brought out of the darkness and exposed in the light, it can be vanquished. The people spoke loudly and it mattered.”

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Pornhub implements new policy requiring proof of consent from everyone in sex videos

Pornhub implements new policy requiring proof of consent from everyone in sex videos

Jan 26, 2024 |

Pornhub will now begin verifying the age and consent of all individuals featured in sex videos uploaded to its site after years of lawsuits alleging that the pornography website profits from material depicting sexual abuse, sometimes of underage boys and girls.

The porn site and its parent company Aylo have faced numerous accusations of profiting from videos in which the individuals’ consent is unknown and for failing to determine the ages of those seen in the videos.

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‘Nones’ now largest religious category in U.S., new report says

‘Nones’ now largest religious category in U.S., new report says

Jan 26, 2024 |

Religiously unaffiliated people, often referred to as “nones,” now make up the largest religious category in the U.S., according to a new report by the Pew Research Center…The rise of the nones has resulted in not only lessened religious participation but also a decrease in civic engagement with nones being less likely to vote, do volunteer work, or have strong friend groups or community, according to Pew.

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Religion and the Decline of Marriage: The Soviet Case

Religion and the Decline of Marriage: The Soviet Case

Jan 26, 2024 |

Did these changes to laws and formalities alter the lived reality of married couples in the Soviet Union? Our findings suggest yes—we demonstrate that the removal of religious authorities decreased fertility and increased divorce rates both over time and within the regions of the U.S.S.R. exposed to higher degrees of religious repression. Women and children suffered; the time period immediately following the new marriage decrees are remembered as years of “postcard divorce.” The ease of divorce enabled men to change wives as they pleased, leaving abandoned women and an estimated 9 million starving children on the streets with no support. In the paper, we provide a game theory explanation of why a non-enforced marriage would lead to behavior that creates a child but discourages faithfulness.

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The Right Way to Protect Children Online

The Right Way to Protect Children Online

Jan 26, 2024 |

Online child abuse is an acute and growing problem. From 1998 to 2018 (according to the New York Times), reports of images of child sexual abuse leapt from 3,000 to 18.4 million annually. This demands a proportionate public-policy response, one that enables law enforcement to prosecute the criminals and criminal organizations responsible. Pretending that platforms alone can end online child abuse does not make it so.

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