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PEOPLE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
1. Patrick Henry College Out Debates Many Universities
2. Ten Commandments on Winning Streak
3.
Groundbreaking Study Proves Abstinence Education Works
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1. PATRICK HENRY COLLEGE OUT DEBATES THEM ALL, AGAIN!
WND.COM, 1/19/2010
Patrick Henry College is just 10 years old and has 350
students. It has won its fourth national debate
championship in six years.
The Virginia evangelical Christian school, founded by the
leading Christian homeschool organization, is the only
college or university to win the American Collegiate Moot Court
Association national cham-pionship more than once.
Other schools competing include Harvard, Syracuse, Holy
Cross, Baylor University, Miami and Fitchburg State College.
Patrick Henry College sent eight teams the maximum number to the
64 team competition at Florida International College of
Law in Miami. They placed first, third, ninth, 11th,
13th and 17th!
(Not bad for homeschoolers!)
The school also won national Brief Writing titles.
Patrick Henry’s moot court coach and college chancellor,
Michael Farris, reveled in the victory before a cheering crowd
of students on campus Monday.
“Our goal is not simply to win a national tournament, but to
carry Christ and His message into everything that we do. Doing
your best in a moot court round is simply the foundation for
serving Christ to the best of your ability in the future,” he
said.
Last year, the school was one of just 18 from 300 around the
world to be granted the Outstanding Delegation award at
the National Model United Nations Conference.
2. TEN COMMANDMENTS ON WINNING
STREAK
Bob Unrun, wnd.com, 1/16/2010
The head of
Liberty counsel, a firm that litigates on civil and religious
rights issues, says a decision from the 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals has extended a winning streak for the
Ten Commandments that dates back to 2005.
The
organization successfully argued on behalf of the legality of a
display in a public building in Kentucky that included the Ten
Commandments among other historical references. The 6th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling in the case
brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that
reversed a lower court’s opinion that said the Ten commandments
were impermis-sible.
“The Ten Commandments are as much at home in a display about the
foundation of law as stars and stripes are to the American
flag,” said Mathew Staver, Liberty Counsel’s founder and
chairman. “The Ten Commandments are part of the fabric of our
country and helped shape the law. It defies common sense to
remove a recognized symbol of law from a court of law. [The Ten
Commandments are listed on the wall of the Supreme Court in
Washington, D.C.].
The
ACLU might not like our history and might run from it, but the
fact remains that the Ten Commandments shaped our laws and may
be displayed in a court of law. I am sure the ACLU will not ask
the U.S. Supreme Court to review this case. The ACLU has been
running from the Supreme Court since 2005 and has taken loss
upon loss on the Ten Commandments,” he said.
3. Groundbreaking Study Proves Abstinence Education Works
by
Abstinence Clearinghouse
"Abstinence programs
show kids there are too many great things riding on their future
to risk it to STDs, pregnancy and broken hearts. Abstinence is a
message our kids want to hear…"
(Sioux Falls, SD)—A new study
released today (02/03/2010) shows that abstinence education is
highly effective in reducing sexual activity among youth. It
also showed contraceptive sex ed. programs to be ineffective.
The decrease is note-worthy; the study followed students a
full two years after completion of the abstinence class. One
third of students showed a decrease in sexual activity, compared
with those who did not participate in the class. Whereas,
condom-promoting programs didn't affect youth behavior at all.
Students in these programs showed no reduction in sexual
activity and no increase in contraceptive use.
The study,
involving black middle-school students, appears in the February
2010 Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine,
publish-ed by the American Medical Association. It was compiled
and released by Drs. John and Loretta Jemmott from the
University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Geoffrey Fong from the
University of Waterloo and the Ontario Institute for Cancer
Research in Waterloo, Ontario.
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