In 2017, the Ministry of Health acknowledged that “the content of pornography has changed significantly over the last 20 years and has become more extreme, deviant and violent” and that “violence towards women and girls …
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Samuel Bilton discusses the social effect of fatherlessness – both in families, but also displayed in the animal kingdom. Samuel questions why we don’t hear that healthy families with present fathers are the answer to …
UK ethicist Gary Powell has been a gay rights activist for over forty years, and has been campaigning against surrogacy since 2014. He argues that there is no such thing as a universal human right …
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Clara was the result of a teen pregnancy outside of wedlock. She is very thankful her mother chose life – her life. But as she watched the media coverage of the recent and momentous Roe …
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Vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, lockdowns and the “no jab no job” policy for COVID have significantly affected New Zealanders both positively and negatively – in workplaces, within families, for church attendance, social gatherings, even …
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One of the trickiest questions in the world today is “what is a woman?” The sex/gender distinction is one of the most influential ideas of current times on the broader culture, both popular and academic. …
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Samuel Bilton is a qualified lawyer who is overseeing Family First’s legal research and advocacy. In this latest episode of Family Matters, Samuel explains why Roe v Wade created a harmful law which had to …
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When you send your children on an outdoor adventure camp or programme, you’re probably expecting that the activities will be based around water safety, abseiling, mountain biking, caving, canoeing, camping, environmental wellbeing, outdoor learning experiences, …
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Samuel Bilton reminds us that we live in a narrative culture, and that stories have the ability to shape how we feel and then what we believe to be true. Using current disturbing examples, Samuel …
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Bob McCoskrie talks to Canadian scientist, engineer & philosopher Dr Kirk Durston about the work of JD Unwin, a 1930s Oxford anthropologist who studied 86 cultures for factors that led to their flourishing or demise. …
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