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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Parents have every right to be upset with the current sex education curriculum in our schools – most of it delivered by Government-funded groups. Judging by the results of the current approach, it has been an utter failure. New Zealand has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the OECD, our STD rates are [...]
[On 27 June the Dominion Post published the following article in defence of marriage and the family, by Bob McCoskrie, national director of the registered charity - Family First NZ] On April 29, two billion people worldwide sat in front of their TV screens as they witnessed one of the most public weddings in history [...]
“Phil Goff’s political judgment deserted him when he allowed Darren Hughes to be a member of the parliamentary team arguing “politics is a grubby business” for a high-profile earthquake fund-raising debate when he knew the MP was already involved in a behind-the-scenes probe into sexual misconduct allegations….. “Goff’s inability to apply consistent standards has also [...]
The SPCS contends that some of the more spectacular symptoms that reveal how New Zealand society has lost its moral bearings, include the steady growth in its million dollar white collar crime ‘industry’, involving fraud, bribery, theft, and dishonesty etc. Hitting the headlines with growing regularity it seems, are middle-aged grey-haired balding, or completely bald [...]
TV sleaze backlash gathers steam By John Drinnan Sep 17, 2010 Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10674013 Pressure is building on television networks to reduce the amount of sleaze in early prime time. The Broadcasting Standards Authority is expected to announce a decision next week that will set the new tone. There is particular concern about sexual content on [...]
Today there are three articles published in the NZ Herald – by secondary school students decrying media community standards. They are :- “Young girls having their innocence stolen” by Paula McDowell, Year 10, of Tauraroa Area School. “Overdose of bare flesh corrupts our kids” by Zhan Ye Chen, Year 13, Hamilton Boys’ High School, and [...]
Writer of the Sunday NZ Herald Editorial suggests “…the [Boobs on Bikes] parade is best treated like the show-off child it so much resembles – by being ignored.” The writer is adamant that the massive billboard of a naked woman Steve, his bother David Bruce Crow of Inglewood and sister Leanne Marie Osborn of Fitzroy, [...]
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 [...]