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TODAY'S NEWS - July 23, 2002
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A
Girl or Boy, You Pick - LA Times (free
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She had the name picked out since high school: Logann
Rae, taken from a soap opera. She had two dolls waiting in a closet,
both saved since childhood. Tanya had always dreamed of having a daughter,
and of the intimate bond that would grow as they picked out dresses
together, styled their hair and painted their fingernails. But Tanya's
first child was a son. Then came another. When an ultrasound showed
that her third child was also a boy, she struggled to hide her tears
from the nurse.
- With technology getting enormously more sophisticated, you have
you ask yourself, when does life begin? When does a person's rights
begin? Is it wrong to pick the sex of your baby? What about "filtering"
out embryos with disease?
- What do you think about the fact that this practice is outlawed
in England and Germany but is allowed here in America without much
accountability or regulation?
- How do you think Tanya's boys feel about their mother's obsession
with having a daughter? Do you think they might be thinking about
the three male embryos that were discarded from the batch? (Interesting
to note the same number of rejected male embryos as are males that
were born to her.)
- When you hear Dr. Marik's statement, "Is there a medical
reason to have liposuction? Is that a misuse of medical technology?"
What do you think he equates a human embryo to? (human life vs.
fat tissue)
- Imagine applying for your first job. You hope you have the qualifications
just to get in the door. You hope that your talents, gifts and abilities
will far outweigh any negatives that might be seen in you. Imagine
the rejection when your interviewer says, "I'm sorry. But you're
just not what we're look for." Only, in this case, you are applying
for life and a family. And, in this case, rejection could mean
a trash can or a freezer.
- What scriptures come to mind?
Jeremiah1:5; Exodus 21:22-25;
Psalm 51:5; 139:13-16; Luke 1:41,44
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While
women have broken gender barriers, men still favour traditional roles
- The Toronto Star
"Women have become doctors, but men haven't become nurses,"
agrees Frank Reid, director of the centre for Industrial Relations at
the University of Toronto. "There was the perception that men had an
advantaged situation and we brought women into that world...
- Are women trying to make men more like women? Explain.
- What do you think is holding most men back from being all they can
be? What is your definition of a "real man?"
- Do you think it is okay for a man to stay at home and take care
of the children while the woman brings home the bacon?
- What Scriptures come to mind?
1 Corinthians 16:13; Ephesians 5:25-29;
1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Timothy 5:8; John 11:35
SIDE ORDERS - other news
from today
Study:
Women have better emotional memory - USA Today
"The wiring of emotional experience and the coding
of that experience into memory is much more tightly integrated in women
than in men," said Canli, the lead author of the study. "A
larger percentage of the emotional stimuli used in the experiment were
remembered by women than by men."
Amendment:
Separation of atheism and state - World Net
Daily
Imagine that it was not the 9th Circuit, but the United
States Supreme Court that made the “under God” decision. Imagine
that instead of two nervous circuit judges, it was five brazen Supreme
Court Justices declaring the Pledge unconstitutional in some nightmare
future years from now – five secular devotees who’d been patiently
waiting for a chance to save government from the “ancient superstitions”
of its people. And soon more secular decisions come down from the high
court: “In God We Trust” is rejected as the national motto.
Prayers are forbidden at inaugural ceremonies. And on and on.
Reported
number of teen virgins rises - Washington
Times
The turning point occurred in the mid-1990s, right around
the time the federal government started funding abstinence programs
teaching teens to save sex for marriage, said Peter Brandt of Focus
on the Family, a traditional values group in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Bill
legalizes trusts for the family pet - Washington
Times
Thanks to a new Florida law set to take effect Jan. 1,
a dog — or cat, horse or bird — can be not only a man's best
friend but also his most esteemed heir.
LEFTOVERS - previous dialogues
Monday - July 22, 2002
- Avila Found Not Guilty in 2000 Molestation Trial
- While women have broken gender barriers, men still favour traditional
roles
- Movement to Change 'Satans' Nickname
Friday - July 19, 2002
Weblog: Dobson Again Calls For Parents To Pull Kids Out of Public
Schools
Thursday - July 18, 2002
Digital "Buddies"; Friend or Faux?
Wednesday - July 17, 2002
Dad regards pledge case as his 'duty'
Tuesday - July 16, 2002
- Lie-detection advances raise hope, concerns
- 'Godless Americans' Plan March on Nation's Capital
Monday - July 15, 2002
- British Reality Show Will Hand Parents Marriage Choice to Kids
- Public School Pushes Homosexual Agenda and Discriminates Against
Christian Student During 'Diversity Week'--Federal Lawsuit Filed
Friday - July 5, 2002
Hurry up and date
Wednesday - July 3, 2002
- Christian Mass Media Reach More Adults With the Christian Message
Than Do Churches
- Cruise Kids to Live 'Far and Away'
Tuesday - July 2, 2002
Cruise Kids to Live 'Far and Away'
Monday - July 1, 2002
Why men drag their feet down the aisle
Friday - June 28, 2002
- What to take? Evacuees must choose from a lifetime of memories
- The race to raise a brainier baby
Thursday - June 27, 2002
Flap After Court Rules Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional
Wednesday - June 26, 2002
Spanking May Make Kids Violent, Analysis Finds
Sign Threatens Potential Car Thieves
Tuesday - June 25, 2002
- Democracy for Palestinians
- For Some, Tag Joins Dodgeball as Playground Pariah
Leveled Playing Field?
Monday - June 24, 2002
- Suicide over hair-do
- FBI: Major Crime Up 2 Percent
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