http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/family/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:59:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415839/posts Hope you all had a great Christmas! My family was very good to me this year: 1. Beatles' Rock Band (a gift to be shared with my oldest son). 2. Sons of Anarchy - Season One 3. A 12" wooden baseball bat, inscribed "Dad - The Greatest Hit of All", a definite "Get out of jail free" card for my youngest son, at least until he becomes a teenager in five years. 4. The soundtrack CD to the 1999 British movie "Still Crazy". If you like 70s rock, this is a movie worth seeing. 5. Several heart-felt gifts from the... NHN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415839/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415683/posts Have you ever lost a child in a crowd? Have you ever thought that your spouse was doing something while your spouse thought you were doing the same thing? There is a case for some communications training.,,read more... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2415683/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415523/posts Just announced on the broadcast of UNC vs. Pitt. No reason given. Meyer will be available at the arrival press conf. at their bowl game. ESPN TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415523/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412903/posts Reading through my diary this Christmas, I came across this detail below. I reflected on that pain. Today, the pain is gone due to my son living for the Christ Child, evangelizing in His holy name, and overseeing his Christian home under God. It is amazing how such suffering can continue for years; but then free will explodes in heaven’s favor so as to filter out the anguish. Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412903/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412614/posts 12/21/2009 - CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but at the 27th Special Operations Wing here he is not the jolly fat man dressed in red. All one shopper at the base exchange knows is that someone who retired from the military made her family holidays a lot brighter. Charlotte Riojas said she was patiently waiting at the BX checkout line with a cartful of presents for her children. Their move from Hurlburt Field in Florida had, like virtually everybody else who makes a permanent change of station, been stressful. She, her... Air Force http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412614/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:24:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411937/posts Something I wrote, based on personal experience. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411937/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410664/posts A Project of Three Sides to Every Story, Inc. Imagine for a moment Lighting Candles World Wide and all at the same time. Imagine your child knowing we are Lighting Candles World Wide just for them.We have given this a lot of thought and we have come to the conclusion that everyone can light a candle at their home or in their home town at a designated place.You can be apart of Lighting Candles World Wide to show a united front for the children and their need to have both parents and grandparents in their lives.We have chosen December 18... Lighting Candles Worldwide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410664/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406028/posts Chai Feldblum Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2009 / 12:48 pm (CNA).- Despite the complaints of her critics that she supports same-sex "marriage" as well as previously endorsing polygamous relationships, the Senate HELP Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Chai Feldblum to be one of five commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and sent her nomination to the Senate for a full confirmation.“At this time of challenge, Americans need committed, capable public servants working full time on their behalf,” said Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday. “These nominees will serve... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406028/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405960/posts This is a repost because first did not provide link. "Nassur: 'Did he beat you only once?'” faithfreedom.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405960/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:09:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405323/posts GLSEN, which claims that it wants to protect kids, has chosen to use a fundraising tool that perverts the innocence of Christmas and sexualizes the longtime, child-revered icon of Santa Claus. Yet more evidence revealing the dark side of GLSEN – the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network – has surfaced. (GLSEN was founded by President Obama’s “safe schools czar,” Kevin Jennings.) At issue this time is a GLSEN fundraiser featuring a theatrical play called Santa Claus is Coming Out! GLSEN’s fundraiser invitation says the play depicts “Santa in his heartfelt struggle to reconcile his romantic relationship with Italian toy... citizenlink.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405323/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:38:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404898/posts CBS) The words, "Yes, dear," have a whole new meaning in one Ohio household. This family has a deer living inside their house. Dillie the deer has lived with the Buteras in Canal Fulton, Ohio, for the past five years. Abandoned by her mother at birth, because the mother incorrectly thought she was blind, Dillie has since become part of another family -- a family of humans. cbs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404898/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403932/posts Wednesday December 9, 2009 Commentary: Another Major Problem with the Senate Health Care Bill: Sex Ed Commentary by Colin MasonDecember 9, 2009 (www.pop.org/) - It's funny, the things that never make the news.Take the recent amendment to the Senate health care plan by Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). This language allocates hundreds of millions of dollars of your money toward "Personal Responsibility Education for Adulthood Training."What can this possibly mean? According to the amendment's mostly vague language, $400 million from the years 2010 to 2015 will be spent on "evidence-based effective programs" that will supposedly teach kids... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403932/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403444/posts However, in my prayers I would lift to God the blue blanket. Then I would offer the Lord a simple petition: “Please, Jesus, bring back to us our son. Bring him back to us for we love him.” TownHall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403444/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 03:52:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402626/posts A video advertisement on CBS's Web site that "mashes" material from the iconic "Frosty the Snowman" Christmastime cartoon with two of the network's comedy series is offensive and should be pulled, media analysts told FoxNews.com. The video ad, "Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman," takes authentic dialogue from CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a Half Men" and dubs it on top of the cartoon classic, changing well-known "Frosty" scenes to contain suggestions that the snowman and his friends visit a "strip club." The mash-up also discusses Frosty's "porn collection" and contains repeated mentions of prior sexual conquests. The... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402626/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:24:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400827/posts December 2, 2009School Choice and the Common Good of All Children by Kevin E. Schmiesing Ph.D. The United States justifiably celebrates its pluralism. The mandate to find unity in diversity—e pluribus unum—is predicated not on the premise that all peculiarities of creed or color must be washed away; instead, it insists that all such cultural and social differences must be respected. Part and parcel of this freedom is the right of parents to educate their children as they see fit. Like all rights, this one carries with it a duty: to prepare the child adequately for participation in society by... Action Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400827/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:19:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400769/posts “The rest of my family made something of themselves, but the bottle got to me over and over again.” jgrantswankjr.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400769/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400093/posts I’m taking my family on a trip this year: not across the country or even across town, but through the season of Advent. Advent, a season focused on both the joyful anticipation of Jesus’ birth and on his return, begins 4 Sundays prior to Christmas Day and ends on Christmas Eve. Celebrating Advent with my parents and church family is a cherished childhood memory. Each Sunday, we lit the candles on our Advent wreath, read scripture, and sang favorite carols. It kept me focused on the real meaning of Christmas, an antidote to the toy commercials and sugar-charged lures of... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400093/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400080/posts Last night Sarah spoke to a packed house at the College of the Ozarks in Missouri. Although these things are off limits to reporters, and who can blame ‘em, the tweets were flying. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400080/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:35:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399552/posts Wednesday December 2, 2009 New Major Study Catalogues How Porn Harms Marriages, Children, Communities and Individuals By John-Henry WestenWASHINGTON, December 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Family Research Council (FRC) has released a comprehensive study on the devastating effects of pornography, identifying its harms to countless marriages, children, individuals and communities. "Pornography corrodes the conscience, promotes distrust between husbands and wives and debases untold thousands of young women," explains the study's author Dr. Pat Fagan, Senior Fellow at FRC and Director of the Center for Research on Marriage and Religion.  While it is often said that it is harmless entertainment,... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399552/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399104/posts Meeting the demand for family planning in poor nations is a cheap and effective way to cut CO2 emissions, a new website initiative claims. The UK-based Optimum Population Trust says fast-rising population levels lead to growing emissions. The website is urging wealthy people to offset their own CO2 emissions by funding contraception programmes bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399104/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:21:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398465/posts The acclaimed new video game Dragon Age: Origins features a "secret" scene in which a man and an elf have gay sex, it has been disclosed. Players of the fantasy game can only access the steamy footage by seducing the warrior elf Zevran with the correct combination of cheesy chat-up lines. In a clip posted online, the gamer-controlled human character opens with the old favourite "I want to discuss something personal" - one of four dialogue options available He then makes his intentions explicit with "Can you join me in my tent?", before pressing home the point with the unequivocally... Telegraph.Co.Uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398465/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398078/posts Staff Sgt. Heriberto Gonzalez, a force protection escort for the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, holds the American flag his father and grandfather both carried during wartime. Photo courtesy of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing. JOINT BASE BALAD — Staff Sgt. Heriberto Gonzalez, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, possesses an American flag that was carried by both his father and grandfather during wartime. "Gonzo," as he is referred to by his flight line coworkers, is on his eighth deployment since joining the Air Force. An avionics craftsman by trade, he volunteered to deploy to Iraq to provide security for local... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398078/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:50:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396290/posts What began as an experiment in 1992 has become 5,043 charter schools in 39 states and the District of Columbia, providing nearly 2 million American families with opportunity not available in the public school system. Jeanne Allen, president of The Center for Education Reform, said parent demand fueled the rise. "No other form of school choice has provided such a dramatic impact on the lives of so many students," she said, "and no other reform has had the teeth to push conventional public schools to be better like charters have." citizenlink.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396290/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396257/posts A Vermont judge rules Lisa Miller must turn over her daughter to her former lesbian partner. Superior Judge William Cohen ruled last week that Lisa Miller, a former lesbian who is now a Christian, must hand her daughter, Isabelle, over to her former partner, Janet Jenkins by Jan. 1. Miller conceived Isabella through artificial insemination while she was in a civil union with Jenkins. About a year later, Miller left homosexuality. Jenkins sued for custody, even though she has no biological tie to the child. Miller admits she made mistakes, like signing a custody agreement while still in the relationship... citizenlink.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396257/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396232/posts The philosophical basis of Hegelian/Marxist philosophy is antithetical not only to the family; it is irreconcilable with the rights of women everywhere. The philosophy is, at its core, misogynist. Hitching the feminist wagon to Marxism was, and is, the feminine mistake. In this article, I will dig deeply into the Marxist notions about women, the family, and the workplace. As I will show, Marxism, and the far left, are not female friendly. First a little history: Betty Friedan (1921-2006) is often cited as the pioneer of the modern women's rights movement. Friedan co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396232/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:04:07 GMT