New on BLI

NEW!! Clinton Wedding Raises Questions of Interfaith Marriage
7/29/2010 >>more

TIP Report Reflects the Administration’s Biases
7/23/2010 >>more

Hope Disappears; Will Americans Find Transformation?
7/21/2010 >>more

Family Issues

NEW!! Clinton Wedding Raises Questions of Interfaith Marriage
The American Religious Identification Survey of 2001 noted that mixed marriages are three times more likely to end in divorce or separation than same-religion marriages. 7/29/2010 >>more

Fetal Pain Study Debunked
The Royal Academy released a study on fetal pain saying that the unborn child feels no pain before 24 weeks. 7/14/2010 >>more

'Put a ring on it': Marriage beats cohabitation in quest for happiness
Beyonce's hit song gives a small glimmer of hope that, in addition to reflecting a new consciousness in the popular culture, she will magnify the influence on the culture of this budding new realism - the age-old idea that men should "put a ring on it." 6/11/2010 >>more

Feminist & Women's Issues

AAP Gives FGM an AOK
How ironic that those living where the practice is most common are trying to “eradicate” the procedure, while here in the United States where the practice is rare, there is a move to downplay the serious nature of it. 5/21/2010 >>more

Obamanomics: A Summary of the Analyses and Commentary Related to the Financial Impact of ObamaCare on Women and Families
The President's policy initiatives — and the tax increases that will be necessary to finance them — are a threat to individual families’ finances. 5/12/2010 >>more

CEDAW Harms Families
The treaty compels countries to change their laws and culture to abolish distinctions between men and women. 5/7/2010 >>more

Politics & National Sovereignty

Hope Disappears; Will Americans Find Transformation?
The numbers that are daunting: 62 percent of the public believes that the nation is headed in the wrong direction and the President’s disapproval rating is currently higher than his approval rating. 7/21/2010 >>more

The CBO Warns the Nation; Is Anybody Listening?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its “Long-Term Budget Outlook,” to confirm what people already feared: the national debt is devastating for the future of America. 7/20/2010 >>more

Peer-Reviewed Science is Politically-Revised
It is still shocking, however, to discover that the White House has tampered with scientific findings. 6/30/2010 >>more

Religious Issues

FEMA's Shirt Scandal
Church groups have always been the backbone of the volunteer force in disaster recovery. While that is far from being a secret, a recent FEMA documentary of recovery efforts tried to hide that fact. 6/4/2010 >>more

Tiger Woods . . . the Movie
When the Tiger Woods story is complete the ending will depend upon whether he continues on his destructive path or hands it all over to the Author of Life. 1/12/2010 >>more

A Christian Call to Arms
Washington Times - Together, people of faith and deep religious convictions will continue work to protect those who are most vulnerable, the unborn, the disabled, the aged. 12/21/2009 >>more

Social & Cultural Issues

Today's College Students Don't Feel Your Pain
A disturbing study finds that today's young adults are less empathetic to the feelings and needs of strangers. 7/27/2010 >>more

Millennials: Seeking Family but Not Faith
Born between 1980 and 1991, the millennial generation - today's 20-somethings - are rooting themselves in family and close relationships. 7/20/2010 >>more

Quarter-life Crisis?
Younger generations have always been seen by their elders as in a hurry, always rushing through life. 7/7/2010 >>more

Pornography & Sex Trafficking

TIP Report Reflects the Administration’s Biases
In her introductory remarks, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton makes it clear that the United States, instead of being the leader in efforts to end human trafficking worldwide is merely one of the partners in confronting the “global scourge.” 7/23/2010 >>more

Virgins for Sale
Reality television has sunk to a new low — young people auctioning off their virginity. 5/11/2010 >>more

Children in Prostitution: What to Do?
While decriminalization of prostitution for minors does not make pimps and johns innocent of a crime, it does nothing to end demand and may in fact increase it. 4/12/2010 >>more

United Nations

Could U.N. Treaties be Ratified by Executive Order?
The U.S. State Department is asking local and state human rights commissions to help them prepare a report to the U.N. about how the U.S. is advancing human rights as set forth in various U.N. treaties - many of which the Untied States has not ratified. 5/27/2010 >>more

A Report on the U.N.’s Shocking Sexuality Guidelines
Once again, the worst of U.S. radical ideology is being exported around the world through these guidelines based on SIECUS recommendations. 8/31/2009 >>more

The Push for the U.N. to GEAR Up
Some want to reform not the U.N., but its entire “gender architecture.” 3/7/2008 >>more