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Former Orange diocese chancellor writes letter to Jennifer Lopez and ShakiraWhen did pole dancing and soft porn become part of Latino culture?

Former Orange diocese chancellor writes letter to Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
When did pole dancing and soft porn become part of Latino culture?

Editor’s Note: Though the Super Bowl took place more than a month ago, the FCC continues to receive complaints about the performances of Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. The commentary below, from the former chancellor of

Former Orange diocese chancellor writes letter to Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
When did pole dancing and soft porn become part of Latino culture?Jim Holman2020-03-06T06:56:46-08:00

Planned Parenthood sends sex goody bags to SacramentoSo much for MeToo sensibilities

Planned Parenthood sends sex goody bags to Sacramento
So much for MeToo sensibilities

Rose are red
Violets are blue
Planned Parenthood promotes safe sex,
Now your office can too

So reads the message included in the Valentine’s Day “goody

Planned Parenthood sends sex goody bags to Sacramento
So much for MeToo sensibilitiesJim Holman2020-02-20T07:06:31-08:00

Birth control and the decline of civilizationA woman who takes the pill has little to no cost to sex, and can therefore “sell” it to men cheaply

Birth control and the decline of civilization
A woman who takes the pill has little to no cost to sex, and can therefore “sell” it to men cheaply

In The Sociological Tradition, Robert Nisbet referred to the Industrial and French Revolutions as the two great ideas of the western world. No two events so dramatically altered civilization as significantly, their temporal overlap only intensifying

Birth control and the decline of civilization
A woman who takes the pill has little to no cost to sex, and can therefore “sell” it to men cheaplyJim Holman2019-12-06T12:21:45-08:00

If you look at dirty pictures, your friends will be notifiedCovenant Eyes and others use artificial intelligence for purity

If you look at dirty pictures, your friends will be notified
Covenant Eyes and others use artificial intelligence for purity

Evangelical groups are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help their members fight addiction to online pornography in a budding industry that one scholar calls an emerging “purity-industrial complex.” As pornography has exploded

If you look at dirty pictures, your friends will be notified
Covenant Eyes and others use artificial intelligence for purityJim Holman2019-11-21T21:53:34-08:00

How to regulate pornographyJustice Stevens' take on internet seems laughable today

How to regulate pornography
Justice Stevens' take on internet seems laughable today

A thirteen-year-old with a smartphone in 2019 has greater access to pornography than the most depraved deviant could have dreamed possible two decades ago. At the time of the landmark Reno v. ACLU decision to permit online pornography in 1997,

How to regulate pornography
Justice Stevens' take on internet seems laughable todayJim Holman2019-11-08T13:19:05-08:00

California expects barrage of child sex-abuse lawsuitsPotentially thousands preparing to sue under new law allowing victims more time to report allegations of abuse

California expects barrage of child sex-abuse lawsuits
Potentially thousands preparing to sue under new law allowing victims more time to report allegations of abuse

A new law sponsored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and takes effect Jan. 1, raises the statute of limitations to 40 years of age, or up to five years after discovery of sexual abuse. The

California expects barrage of child sex-abuse lawsuits
Potentially thousands preparing to sue under new law allowing victims more time to report allegations of abuseEmily Morris2019-10-23T09:40:38-07:00

San Diegans arrested in porn website bust$5000 promised for modeling jobs

San Diegans arrested in porn website bust
$5000 promised for modeling jobs

The owners and two employees of two related pornography websites were charged in federal court with sex trafficking on Thursday, Oct. 10. Michael James Pratt, 36, Matthew Isaac Wolfe, 37, and Ruben Andre Garcia, 31, are all

San Diegans arrested in porn website bust
$5000 promised for modeling jobsJim Holman2019-10-14T16:07:31-07:00

Fertility clinics – the next moral battleground“It’s not in a woman. She’s not pregnant.”

Fertility clinics – the next moral battleground
“It’s not in a woman. She’s not pregnant.”

Rosaries in hand, a small group of abortion opponents gathered outside a medical facility to pray for the unborn.

Fertility clinics – the next moral battleground
“It’s not in a woman. She’s not pregnant.”Jim Holman2019-10-11T10:24:18-07:00

Newsom says he’ll sign pro-prostitution billLaw puts California at forefront of growing movement to decriminalize sex work

Newsom says he’ll sign pro-prostitution bill
Law puts California at forefront of growing movement to decriminalize sex work

Advocates for sex workers’ rights celebrated a major victory Friday afternoon when California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his intent to sign legislation that would increase protections for people working in the commercial sex trade. Specifically, Senate Bill 233—first

Newsom says he’ll sign pro-prostitution bill
Law puts California at forefront of growing movement to decriminalize sex workEmily Morris2019-07-30T12:40:02-07:00

APA task force promotes acceptance of non-monogamyGroup seeks to address the needs of non-monogamous people, saying they have marginalized identities

APA task force promotes acceptance of non-monogamy
Group seeks to address the needs of non-monogamous people, saying they have marginalized identities

The American Psychological Association has established a task force on “consensual non-monogamy,” an effort they say is necessary in order to reduce “stigma” on persons who practice polyamory.

“Finding love and/or sexual intimacy

APA task force promotes acceptance of non-monogamy
Group seeks to address the needs of non-monogamous people, saying they have marginalized identitiesEmily Morris2019-07-11T21:09:00-07:00

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City attorney comes after Archbishop Cordileone

Comment:
As I’ve noted before, the cathedral seats 2,400 persons. For Herrera to go after Archbishop Cordileone if he celebrates Mass with a dozen others is outrageous and political. There is no basis in public health or any science for the magical number of 12. Masses I’ve attended in the archdiocese have had limited capacity, social distancing and persons were masked and not singing. Of course, the priest (and deacon) and reader (when reading) and cantor (when singing) are not masked, but they’re far from each other and the congregation. Might Christians, Jews and others in San Francisco be permitted to have more than 12 if they put signs in front calling themselves WalMart, The Dollar Store, daycare centers, marijuana dispensaries or an “autonomous zone?”

– Deacon Craig Anderson