Commentary
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Commentary
Sorry Harvard, fathers still matter — including Black fathers
June 22, 2021
News & Stories
USA Today 17 June 2021 Family First Comment: It was Fathers Day in the US last Sunday. This excellent op-ed pushes back on the left revisionist ...
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Online child sexual abuse growth stretches NZ authorities
June 21, 2021
News & Stories
Child sexual abuse imagery: Online growth stretches NZ investigator NZ Herald 21 June 2021 Family First Comment: Shocking…. “As the problem has grown in scale and ...
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Women sue Pornhub
June 21, 2021
News & Stories
Dozens of women sue Pornhub, accusing company of profiting from non-consensual sexual content NewsHub 18 June 2021 Family First Comment: Excellent. Time to hold the destructive ...
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Ad: Isn’t it Time the Law Reflects the Science?
June 18, 2021
News & Stories
Learn more about the Dobbs v. Jackson case: https://www.sba-list.org/scotus Paid for by Susan B. Anthony List Education Fund
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US Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster agency
June 18, 2021
News & Stories
Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster agency that excludes same-sex couples in 9-0 ruling Fox News 17 June 2021 Family First Comment: Stunning decision. 9-0. Even ...
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Doco on P ignored ‘true horror of the drug’
June 17, 2021
News & Stories
More FM’s Jay-Jay Feeney says Patrick Gower: On P ignored ‘the true horror of the drug’ Stuff co.nz 17 June 2021 Family First Comment: Well said ...
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Billions in black-market weed still selling in Illinois 18 months after marijuana legalized
June 17, 2021
News & Stories
Chicago Sun Times 14 June 2021 Family First Comment: Illinois experiencing the same as California. A thriving black market. And increasing drug use. Who would have ...
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California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry
June 17, 2021
News & Stories
Los Angeles Times 14 June 2021 Family First Comment: All is not well with legalised cannabis (as expected). The black market continues…. “The California Legislature on ...
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Māori, disabled, sexually diverse more likely to be victims of crime
June 16, 2021
News & Stories
TVNZ One News 16 June 2021 Key facts • Nearly a third of all adults became victims of crime last year • Only a quarter ...
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Perth twins Anna and Lucy DeCinque get engaged to same man
June 16, 2021
News & Stories
NZ Herald 14 June 2021 Family First Comment: But but but…. they assured us that it was never about ‘group’ marriage! “As Australia doesn’t allow three ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Little Support For Decriminalising All Drugs – Poll
June 15, 2021
Media Releases
Media Release 15 June 2021 A new poll has found that there is very little support for the decriminalisation of all drugs such as P ...
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Oxfam training guide blames privileged white women root causes
June 14, 2021
News & Stories
The Telegraph 9 June 2021 Family First Comment: This is how woke destroys their own because none of their argument is logical….. “The training manual was ...
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Coercive treatment for mental illness reform ‘long overdue’
June 14, 2021
News & Stories
NZ Herald 14 June 2021 Family First Comment: Perhaps the government should focus on its own coercive therapy which is happening in state-run services – rather ...
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Woman died after taking MDMA at rave at Auckland’s Bastion Point
June 14, 2021
News & Stories
Stuff co.nz 13 June 2021 Family First Comment: “anything over 1mg could potentially be fatal, but 2mg/l fell “within the range associated with both recreational use ...
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Homeless women more likely to be younger, Māori and sole parents – study
June 14, 2021
News & Stories
NewsHub 13 June 2021 A new study has found women who are homeless earn significantly less income and rely more on government support than men ...
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Athletes’ biological advantages cannot be countered by testosterone restrictions
June 14, 2021
News & Stories
Stuff co.nz 12 June 2021 – Steve Stannard Family First Comment: Here’s a simple biology lesson about why sports should remain girls-only and boys-only (as ...
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Free lunch programme – schools’ plea for changes fall on deaf ears
June 9, 2021
News & Stories
NZ Herald 8 June 2021 – Kate MacNamara Family First Comment: This is how socialism and state control works. Do it our way. We’re not interested ...
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Former BLM Leader says Organisation Hurts Families
June 8, 2021
News & Stories
Minnesota Family Council 3 June 2021 Family First Comment: “A year and a half after he founded the Saint Paul chapter of Black Lives Matter, Turner ...
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Outrage over children as young as 9 locked up alone for days in mental health hospitals
June 8, 2021
News & Stories
Stuff co.nz 5 June 2021 – CECILE MEIER Family First Comment: Perhaps the politicians should focus on problems (like excess incarceration of children) that DO exist, ...
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MDMA soaring in popularity in New Zealand, especially in schools
June 8, 2021
News & Stories
NewsHub 6 June 2021 Family First Comment: No surprises when some politicians and drug advocates are trying to normalise drug use in general… “ “I think we’re ...
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Cannabis has a carbon problem
June 3, 2021
News & Stories
High Country News 31 May 2021 Family First Comment: Don’t tell the Greens because it would wreck their campaigning, but indoor pot-growing gobbles up huge amounts ...
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