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Latest SPCS Newsletter (Nov 2011) now online
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Pornography, Public Morality and Consitutional Rights: PUBLIC DISCOURSE
Pornography, Public Morality and Consitutional Rights An essay by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and editorial board member of Public Discourse This essay, published 17 October 2011, is adapted from remarks he delivered earlier this month at a conference honoring John Finnis at the University of Notre Dame. Copyright 2011 The Witherspoon [...]
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The SPCS blog – Purpose clearly stated
As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]
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Alcohol Abuse: Its harmful nature and consequences
ALCOHOL ABUSE is saddling the New Zealand health system with “entirely avoidable costs” and causing despair among staff who pick up the pieces, Wellington health leaders say. In an open letter to The Dominion Post, 14 of the 18 members of Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley district health boards have called for “a community-wide [...]
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NZ First and Conservatives win on ValueYourVote Election 2011
The NZ First Party led by the Hon. Winston Peters, which romped back into parliament with eight MPS and gained 7% of the vote on election night, scored highly ( second highest at 80%), along with the Conservative Party (90% top “value”) , in a “VALUEYOURVOTE” election guide published by Family First NZ . See www.valueyourvote.org.nz (“One way or [...]
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Porn research awarded $790,000 by Marsden Fund
Auckland researchers have been awarded almost $800,000 to study pornography. The $790,000 study by Auckland University staff will look at how it affects viewers and its impact on society. The research will include studies on young men and women, an art exhibition, an interactive website and a public symposium. The project is one of 88 [...]
Erotica Lifestyles Expo rejected as unsuitable for Hamilton city
The Hamilton City Council has turned down an approach by the organisers of the Erotica Lifestyles Expo to hold the event at Claudelands next March. [The expo was to be run by Esprit Events Ltd, directed by John Malcolm Carr and owned by CVC Group Ltd - also owned by Mr John M Carr] . The Strategy [...]
Abuse of alcohol at Toast Martinborough wine festival
GROSSLY intoxicated young women, some incontinent and smeared in their own blood, are a symptom of Toast Martinborough wine festival’s “feral” drinking culture, police warn. “If their mothers could see them, they’d shut the festival down tomorrow,” the officer in charge of the event, Sergeant Kevin Basher, said. Martinborough residents have joined him in warning [...]
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Hamilton Councillors Should Reject Sex Expo – says Family First NZ
Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission, has issued a media release today, calling on Hamilton Councillors to refuse an application t0 stage a Sex Expo, promoting hardcore pornography, in council-owned buildings. Family First NZ Media Release 18 November: Hamilton Councillors Should Reject Sex Expo Family First NZ is calling on Hamilton Councillors [...]
Disestablishment of Charities Commission – Update
“Cabinet recently decided to transfer the Charities Commission’s functions to the Department of Internal Affairs. It is expected that this transfer will take place from 1 July 2012, subject to legislation [The Crown Entities Reform Bill] being passed.” This statement appeared in a special “note” attached to a Charities Commission job vacancy advertisment for “Manager, [...]
Art shock ‘kills’ PM [John Key] in alley – Sunday Star Times
ARTIST SAM Mahon has painted a picture of John Key as a corpse and made it part of an interactive game on his website called, “Who killed John Key?” Mahon, who calls himself a socialist, says he hopes the image “will simply make people curious”. He wants to “put a bunch of ‘Key crtimes’ on [...]
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Art and Porn Divide – Waikato Times
by Tracey Cooper. Waikato Times 13 October 2011 Revelations that a New York artist is about to give birth in front of a live audience as part of her new installation The Birth of Baby X makes you wonder. The New York Post has dubbed Marni Kotak “the Preggo Performer”, but the performance artist hopes [...]
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The SPCS blog – Purpose clearly stated
As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]
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Disestablishment of the Charities Commission
There has been an open call for public submissions to the Government Administration Select Committee which is considering The Crown Entities Reform Bill – a call made prior to the dissolution of parliament on 20 October 2011. If enancted into law, it will disestablish the Charities Commission and transfer its function to the Department of Internal Affairs. [...]
Teens Conservative on Sex & Abortion Issues – Poll Results
Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission headed by Chief Executive Trevor Garrett, has today released the results of a Curia Market Research poll it commissioned into moral issues involving a survey of 600 15-21 year olds nationwide. In its media release, based on an analysis of the poll results, it attacks the views promulgated by three [...]