Penny Young Nance and Mario Diaz

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  Jul 7, 2015

  Forced Marriages: A Case of 'Happily Never After'

  Twenty: the number of minutes that Esther had to meet her husband before she was engaged and married off by her parents. Seventeen: the age that Esther was when she was married.

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  Jun 3, 2015

  The Jenner Fantasy

  Jenner seems to be looking for acceptance and validation among those who seek to exploit him most for their personal gain, when the reality is that he is and always has been of immeasurable value.

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  May 8, 2015

  Women Still Not 'SAFER' From Sexual Assault, Rape

  Rape. As a mother about to send her only daughter off to college, this is one of my biggest fears, and it is something we all hope that our loved ones will never face.

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  Dec 24, 2014

  'No Gender' December Is Not Positive For Children

  Unfortunately, not all mothers are comfortable with the fact that their sons are "Wild at Heart" to quote a popular book. Not every boy is wired the same, but there are certainly some God-given, innate characteristics within most boys that we may not understand, but that we can celebrate and channel into positive, productive purposes.

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  Oct 31, 2014

  2014: Evangelicals and the Midterm Elections

  While the Republican Party is far from perfect, it is currently the political party that polls show most closely matches the core policy beliefs of values voters: evangelical, "born again" Christians and Catholics. According to pollster George Barna, there are 77 million "born again" evangelical and Catholic voters in the United States, but only about 30.6 million of them voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.

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  Oct 24, 2014

  Two Ten-Dollar Wars on Women

  What can you get for $10? In America, you can purchase birth control. In the regions controlled by ISIS, you can purchase a woman.

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  Sep 23, 2014

  It's the NFL That Should Be Taking Hits, Not the Women Who Support and Love It's Players

  A two-game suspension for Ravens running back Ray Rice's horrible assault on his then-girlfriend is a joke. I think we all agree on that. And yes, it was a joke before the second video surfaced. The first video showed him carelessly dragging her tiny, unconscious body out of an elevator and laying her on the floor.

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  Feb 21, 2014

  Stanley & Powers Miss the Mark In Comparing Jim Crow Laws to Gay Marriage

  I respect Kirsten Powers as a sincere sister in Christ. But her naïve view of sin and holiness, as expressed in her latest USA Today column, "Jim Crow laws for gays and lesbian?" is typical of the journey of adults coming to faith. Sometimes we tend to filter Biblical teaching through our experiences, instead of the other way around.

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  Feb 14, 2014

  Breaking Up With Washington On Valentines Day

  Dear Washington, Where do I start?

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  Feb 11, 2014

  The White House's War on Women of Faith

  Hollywood might have called it, "Revenge of the Nuns." But this isn't Hollywood. This is reality. Real people, real women, fighting back against the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) attack on religious liberty, a right to which women have equal claim to as men.