Family issues

Jamie Love, the 17-year-old called the "Govan school transgender" by reports despite his male sex, claims his U.K. school kicked him out of class for showing up dressed in girl’s clothing and accessories.

The sixth form student, who had asked his classmates to call him “Keirny,” showed up Monday to Glasgow’s Govan High with tights, shorts, makeup, and hair extensions, and was promptly told to leave.

Jaimie claims he spoke to school officials about his plans to show up with female clothing on, even stating to teachers that he felt “trapped in a boy’s body,” according to The Daily Record. more >>

Determined to articulate God’s plan for sex within the context of marriage, Pastor Ed Young and his wife, Lisa, were nearly halfway through their 24-hour "bed-in" on their church’s rooftop Friday, when they realized their message was going to be harder to deliver than first thought.

Fully clothed and using a king-sized bed as a prop, the Youngs’ discussion on marriage, date nights, and without any graphic details, the importance of married couples having a good sexual relationship, was streamed live over the Web from Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas. The bed-in began at 6 a.m. and ended the same time on Saturday.

The method was used to also help promote their book Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse. Released on Tuesday, the book is aimed at serving as a catalyst for people to dialogue about sex and to challenge couples to make sex a priority in the marriage bed so they will remain united beyond the bed. more >>

A commercial about a woman who wishes her daughter would dress more feminine has been charged with enforcing female and male stereotypes. Some have even gone on to question whether children should be able to choose their own gender, and whether Christians force stereotypical roles?

The Tide detergent commercial depicts a woman sitting on a flowery couch wearing a pink sweater and long skirt. Her daughter is dressed in an oversized camouflage sweater and green shorts. In the commercial she says, “Well we tried the whole pink thing, nope. All she wants to wear is hoodies. Hoodies and cargo shorts. Getting Dirty.”

The mother goes on to explain, “Then she left some crayons in her pocket and they went through the wash. I thought all of her clothes were ruined.” more >>

A women's facility in Ohio that offers adoption services in addition to an abortion clinic appears to be setting the pace for new clinical standards that could potentially reduce the number of abortions in the U.S. and alter the landscape of productive care.

The Choice Network, which has four facilities throughout Ohio, is unique in that it offers women with unplanned pregnancies the full spectrum of options – all available on site. Founder Molly Thomas Rampe says the clinic provides an essential service to women.

"[We] make sure that women are making an informed choice; that when men and women enter the clinic that they know all the options," Rampe told The Christian Post Friday. more >>

Focus on the Family has joined forces with two financial organizations to help families make sense of the financial chaos many of them live in today.

"At Focus we hear from countless families who are struggling with significant personal debt and having difficulty living within their means – the numbers of those looking for help has especially increased during these trying economic times," Rich Bennett, vice president of ministry strategy at Focus on the Family, said in a statement.

FOTF, a Christian ministry that seeks to help families on a number of different levels, is now working with Crown Financial Ministries, an organization dedicated to biblical financial principles, and Finicity to bring old-fashioned but proven financial success techniques to a digital era. more >>

While New Hampshire may not be the friendly oasis for evangelical voters that Iowa was, former Pennsylvania Rick Santorum is not leaving his Christianity at the door in an attempt to sway voters.

At a town hall meeting in Windham on Thursday night, Santorum responded to one gentleman who called into a radio program earlier in the week saying the nation didn’t need a “Jesus” candidate, but rather an “economic” candidate. “Sir, we always need a Jesus candidate,” Santorum confidently replied. “It’s not that we need a Christian, but someone who believes in something more than themselves.”

The exchange highlights two of the issues Santorum is trying to bridge as he takes his surge going into the more liberal Northeast to the bastion of the conservative politics of the South – to protect and grow his conservative evangelical base while reaching out to those whose primary concern is the economy and healthcare. more >>