A 45-Foot-Tall Statue Of A Naked Woman Is About To Be Put Up In Washington D.C. Directly Facing The White House

Let me get this straight – you can’t pray in school, but it is perfectly acceptable to put a 45-foot-tall statue of a naked woman directly across from the White House?  In ancient times, enormous statues of naked females were intended to represent the goddesses that various pagan cultures worshipped, and this is still true in some parts of the world today.  Most often, those goddesses were related to sexuality and fertility, and this ultimately goes all the way back to practices that began in ancient Babylon.  Nobody is claiming that this new statue represents an ancient goddess, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t highly symbolic.  According to USA Today, this “Amazonian figure” will be “directly facing the White House until March 7 to promote women’s equality”… (Read More...)

Which Is Better – A Society With Loose Sexuality Or A Society With Strict Rules For Sexuality?

There are very few subjects that get people more fired up than the subject of sexuality.  In fact, almost all of the highly contentious “social issues” that have America so deeply divided today have something to do with sexuality.  Many Americans are pretty clueless when it comes to the economy, but when it comes to abortion, sex education, gay marriage, teen pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases almost everyone has a very strong opinion.  If you try to convince someone that they are wrong about any of these issues, most of the time you will be fighting a losing battle.  Most Americans simply do not want to be told what to do when it comes to sexuality.  But attitudes toward sexuality have definitely changed in America over the decades.  In the early part of the 20th century most Americans followed strict rules when it came to sexuality, but then along came the “sexual revolution” and all of that changed.  Today, most Americans consider the loose sexuality in our society to be a very good thing.  Most Americans are glad that they can have sex with any other willing adult partner (or partners) any time they want to.  But has this been good for America?  Is it better to have a society with loose sexuality or a society with strict rules for sexuality? (Read More...)