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Austin Ruse

Austin Ruse

Austin Ruse is president of C-Fam (Center for Family & Human Rights), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council. He is also a bi-weekly columnist with Crisis Magazine.

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Heavy Porn Use Harms Sex with Real Live Girls

Along with the reported exodus of young men from relationships with women comes an academic report that college-aged men are using online porn at epidemic levels, and its use is having a generally negative effect on their relationships with real live girls.

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Left Livid at Failure of Climate Talks

(UNITED NATIONS) — Activists are upset over the failure of recent negotiations on “global warming” that closed this week in Lima, Peru. Governments met yet again aiming to hammer out an agreement that would limit the greenhouse gases the left

Where to Shop if You're Pro-LGBT

Where to Shop if You're Pro-LGBT

A new report from the LGBT Human Rights Campaign (HRC) lists hundreds of retailers and their LGBT-friendly score. The purpose of the list is to encourage shoppers this holiday season to buy LGBT and to avoid companies that are not so enlightened.

UNICEF: Kids Have Human Right to be Gay

UNICEF: Kids Have Human Right to be Gay

(UNITED NATIONS)–In a paper published just last month, the UN Children’s Fund has asserted that “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” are now protected categories in international human rights law. UNICEF calls for the striking down of any and all laws

Claire McCaskill Denies Hating Cardinal Raymond Burke

Claire McCaskill Denies Hating Cardinal Raymond Burke

Shortly after Senate Democrats voted earlier this month to name Harry Reid their leader, Reid sat down with the The New York Times and vented about Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who earlier that day declined to vote for him. Reid

Abortion Advocates Expect a Tsunami of Pro-Life State Laws

Abortion Advocates Expect a Tsunami of Pro-Life State Laws

Abortion advocates were already alarmed with advances made by pro-lifers in state houses around the country. NARAL Pro-Choice America reports that pro-lifers enacted more laws over the past two years than in the previous decade combined. Now, they face even

As the World Burns, UN General Assembly Takes on Bullying

As the World Burns, UN General Assembly Takes on Bullying

The world is in flames, Christians beheaded all over the Middle East, much of that region in anarchic chaos, increased nuclear saber-rattling from Russia, many parts of the world crippled economically, hundreds of thousands dying from malaria, and a billion

Detroit Archbishop Cancels Appearance by LGBT Campaigner

Detroit Archbishop Cancels Appearance by LGBT Campaigner

The Catholic Archbishop of Detroit has cancelled a speech by the founder of a Catholic LGBT-rights group at odds with Catholic teaching. Archbishop Allen Vigneron cancelled the appearance of Francis DeBernardo, executive director of something called New Ways Ministry, a

Controversial Cardinal Tells Catholics to Contact Pope

Controversial Cardinal Tells Catholics to Contact Pope

American Cardinal Raymond Burke, recently demoted from the highest legal office in the Vatican, told a conference in Ireland that Catholic layman should write to the Pope to voice their opinions about the general Synod of Bishops to take place