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Wheaton College Joins Lawsuits Fighting the Contraception Mandate
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, writing for Christianity Today, reports: Wheaton College will follow other religious institutions by filing a lawsuit against the Obama administration's contraception mandate, president Philip Ryken will announce Wednesday morning. The college's suit in the D.C. District Court will be one of the more high-profile actions by an evangelical institution. Health and Human Services announced in August 2011 that organizations would be required to provide contraception to their employees as part of the health care law President Obama signed. Religious institutions began … [Read more...] about Wheaton College Joins Lawsuits Fighting the Contraception Mandate
Boy Scouts Affirms Position on Avowed Homosexuals
In 2000, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the right of the Boy Scouts to expel a gay assistant scoutmaster, saying that as a private organization, it had the right to decide what values it wanted to inculcate. The Boy Scouts of America have now reaffirmed their position, following an internal (and largely confidential) two-year review: The BSA policy is: “While the BSA does not proactively inquire about the sexual orientation of employees, volunteers, or members, we do not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would … [Read more...] about Boy Scouts Affirms Position on Avowed Homosexuals
Should Every Student Pursue a Four Year College Education?
The availability of student loans has changed our financial and employment landscape. While attending college used to be something just a few did, “We now send 70 percent of high-school graduates to college, up from 40 percent in 1970,”according to Marty Nemko, a career counselor based in Oakland California (The Chronicle of Higher Education). While 70 percent of high school graduates attend college, the number of students who graduate with a degree is smaller. Even when a student does obtain an undergraduate degree, a job is not guaranteed. “Among the members of the class of 2010, … [Read more...] about Should Every Student Pursue a Four Year College Education?
Pornography and the Hotel Industry
A leading Christian, Robert George, and a leading Muslim, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, sent hotel industry executives a letter last week: We write to ask you to stop offering pornographic movies in your company’s hotels. We make no proposal here to limit your legal freedom, nor do we threaten protests, boycotts, or anything of the sort. We simply ask you to do what is right as a matter of conscience. We are, respectively, a Christian and a Muslim, but we appeal to you not on the basis of truths revealed in our scriptures but on the basis of a commitment that should be shared by all people of reason … [Read more...] about Pornography and the Hotel Industry
68% of recent graduates finish school with an average of nearly $40,000 of debt
That's the sobering claim of a July 9, 2012 press release from the group Accounting Principles, a recruitment and placement outfit. They polled recent grads with a four-year degree about their debt, salary, disposable income, and finance knowledge as a recent graduate. The telephone survey was conducted from May 25 – June 2, 2012 and included 507 graduates of a four-year degree program between the ages of 22-26. An excerpt: According to Accounting Principals’ survey a majority (68 percent) of recent graduates are leaving school with an average of nearly $40,000 of debt. Most of this debt has … [Read more...] about 68% of recent graduates finish school with an average of nearly $40,000 of debt