Is Michelle Bachman Obsessed With Sex? It Depends On The Day
This week I described the morality pledge that Republican Presidential candidates are being asked to sign. It includes promises to oppose abortion, pornography, same-sex marriage, and non-monogamy, and...
View ArticleMorality in Media Admits They Lack Facts, So They Lie About Porn
The lobbying group Morality In Media wants to eliminate adult pornography. But they have a problem: adult pornography is one of the most successful consumer products on earth, and it is generally...
View ArticleWorld Contraception Day Comes and Goes
Today was World Contraception Day. Sponsored by organizations from most parts of the globe, its goal is straightforward: to create a world in which every pregnancy is wanted. So simple. So...
View ArticleAbstinence Sex Ed? “I’m Baaack…”
Like a bad penny—or like an abusive ex-husband, or a public policy cancer—abstinence is back, just when we thought it was gone. Through the 1970s, U.S. policy was to reduce teen pregnancy. In 1981 the...
View ArticleMississippi Personhood Amendment Fails
People in the state of Mississippi just spent a few cool millions of dollars arguing about how many fetuses can writhe on the head of a pin. That is, they just voted on a ballot measure that would...
View ArticleGiving Thanks: Teen Pregnancy, Sex Abuse, Rape All Decline
Mandatory disclaimer: Sex abuse is gruesome, rape is horrifying, unintended teen pregnancy destroys lives. One single case of any of these is way, way too much. Now to the science: there’s been a...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Screwed By Obama
President Obama has joined President Bush in opposing the widest possible access for Emergency Contraception (Plan B). And he’s done it for the two worst possible reasons: emotion and “common sense.”...
View ArticleImagine Sex Is Just Sex
Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today… –John Lennon Throughout my career, I’ve continually been asked why the U.S. is...
View ArticleSex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
Reviewed and enjoyed by David S. Hall, Ph.D. As this Journal’s publisher, I receive many books and films to review. I tend to shy away from books and films about religion except in my role as an...
View ArticleFlorida Sheriff Continues ‘War on Porn’ and Sets Sights on Backpage
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is well known for his faith-based campaign against erotic entertainment. His morality police strike again, this time with a promise to go after the world’s second...
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