Religion
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Birds and the Bees
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3 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZzDo_NJUI” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Meet Ying, who doesn’t really believe in the abstinence-only approach, and tells us why. She received much of her formal sexual education in Catholic school, and shares with us some of the topics they covered. She tells us about her traditional parents and their expectations for her. And she has some wisdom…
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Scalia’s Cry for Help: Impeach Me!
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4 min read
The most recent insanity expressed by United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: …[T]he separation of church and state “doesn’t mean the government cannot favor religion over non-religion.” …[S]ecularists concern over the overreach of religion into the government and every aspect of the public sphere is “utterly absurd” … …[T]he Constitution’s only obligation is to…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Influences
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1 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLymhfrj7ps” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] How do you describe it? What culture, family, or church constraints do you think interfere with full equality for all people? Let’s hear your voice. Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or even create an original work of art — and express your thoughts on these…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: What stands in the way?
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1 min read
(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wucuxuRpgRs” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] What stands in the way of your sexual freedom? We want to know! Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or even create an original work of art — and express your thoughts. If we feature your contribution on the site, we will send you…
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On this Independence Day — Religion: Real and Fake
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2 min read
Stepping back in history for a moment to uncover the birth of religious freedom in this country, and how it was hampered by the Puritans, we are gladly representing a post we delivered a couple of years ago. Religion: Real and Fake, originally published on July 20, 2012 Society suffers from a severe misunderstanding of…
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What? Science? Who Needs Science?
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4 min read
On Monday, we wrote our analysis of the disastrous 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Burwell v Hobby Lobby, which gives greater religious freedom rights to closely held for-profit corporations and less religious freedom rights to natural persons (their words). We also urged you to express your dissent by signing on on to support Planned Parenthood in its defends…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Breaking Down Taboos
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88PI7VJRYk” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] We just love this guy. Here he is prompts us to ask ourselves if we are open and honest about our sexuality, how we have you defied taboos, fear, guilt, and how much religion affects our own sexual freedom and/or fears. Please share your thoughts with us. Make us a video, write…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Stop Genital Mutilation
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1 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917QvNeIcAQ” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] In light of Kwani’s 3-part series on male genital mutilation (circumcision), we are revisiting this particular Sexual Freedom Project video to keep this important conversation going. Have you made the connection between male and female genital mutilation and the issue of sexual freedom? How about forced sexual reassignment surgery practiced on intersex…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Origins of Monogamy
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2 min read
We wanted to take another look at this video because monogamy is increasingly an important debate when otherwise solid relationships are irrevocably destroyed by one-time or occasional infidelity. Is monogamy in our genes? Or is it artificially imposed upon us by the state, religion, corporations, or social custom? Why does monogamy endure? What are its…
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A child bleeds from the genitals during an unnecessary surgery with adults in attendance, none batting an eye. This is genital mutilation; however, we in the western world are immersed in a form of doublethink, considering our vehement disapproval of female genital mutilation (FGM). Is there such a difference between FGM and male circumcision that…