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In 2007 a woman was awarded a $29,000 settlement from the City of New York for being arrested (and being subject to 12 hours in custody and a psychiatric evaluation) after walking topless in New York City in 2005. <ref name="Topless"> http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/18/topless.settlement.ap/index.html </ref> In 2008, Oprah Winfrey introducted the world to Thomas Beatie and his wife. "Mr." Beatie, formerly a Hawaiian model named Ms. Tracy Lagondin, was artificially inseminated through an anonymous donor, and gave birth naturally to a baby girl. If Biblical language were used to discribe this situation, it would be a mix of "sodomy" and "prostitution". However, this new-age family was presented as the new "normal" by the media. <ref name="Man"> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7488894.stm (Caution advised)</ref> | In 2007 a woman was awarded a $29,000 settlement from the City of New York for being arrested (and being subject to 12 hours in custody and a psychiatric evaluation) after walking topless in New York City in 2005. <ref name="Topless"> http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/18/topless.settlement.ap/index.html </ref> In 2008, Oprah Winfrey introducted the world to Thomas Beatie and his wife. "Mr." Beatie, formerly a Hawaiian model named Ms. Tracy Lagondin, was artificially inseminated through an anonymous donor, and gave birth naturally to a baby girl. If Biblical language were used to discribe this situation, it would be a mix of "sodomy" and "prostitution". However, this new-age family was presented as the new "normal" by the media. <ref name="Man"> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7488894.stm (Caution advised)</ref> | ||
The "inconvenient truth" of the 21st century is the fallout from the moral pollution of America. | You wouldn't expect a child raised in the area around Chernobyl (Russia) to grow into a healthy adult, free from the side effects of nuclear radiation. Likewise, you wouldn't expect a child raised in front of an American television to grow into a mentally healthy adult, free from the side effects of murder, lust and lies. The "inconvenient truth" of the 21st century is the fallout from the moral pollution of America. | ||
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