http://www.spcs.org.nz Society for the Promotion of Community Standards Inc. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:03:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   By SALLY KIDSON - The Nelson Mail | Friday, 14 November 2008 The trial of a former Nelson man fighting for what he says is his right as a Christian to hit his son will not go ahead, after the Crown decided to offer no evidence in the case. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4761240a11.html Rowan James Flynn, ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/no-trial-in-christian-right-to-smack-case/ November 10, 2008 by Brendan Malone Director Family Life NZ Well we have a new government, but while all the attention has been focusing on John Key and the National party, the latest member of the Green party to make it into parliament has received very little attention. His name ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/new-green-mp-kevin-hague-likely-to-promote-anti-family-policies-says-director-of-family-life-nz/ Dominion Post 5 November 2008 Overwhelming opposition to nudity on Kapiti Coast beaches has sparked a flood of submissions on the district council's draft beach bylaw. Bernie Goedhart, Kapiti Coast District Council's group manager, said the council had received 369 written submissions. Those included about 900 signatures on three petitions, ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/kapiti-bares-its-defiance-on-nudity/ Yesterday researchers at the Rand Institute organisation in Chicago had the results of their three-year study on the TV viewing habits of teenagers published in the November issue of Pediatrics. It is the first study to establish a link between teenage exposure to TV programmes featuring sexual promiscuity and highly ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/tv-programmes-featuring-sexual-promiscuity-and-sexualised-content-have-corrupting-influence-on-teenagers-and-children/ 1. Section 17 of the Bylaw: “Defined Areas” The Society submits that Section 17 (“Defined Areas”) of the Draft Beach Bylaw – 2008 - as it stands - should be deleted in its entirety. We challenge the Council to provide to the public any reasoned justification for such a provision based ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/submission-to-kapiti-coast-district-council-on-its-draft-beach-bylaw-2008/ In the light of the release of new coroners' figures on suicide rates, the Society is slamming a unanimous decision by the 8-member Film and Literature Board of Review to support the public availability of a sick book that provides step-by-step methods of how to commit suicide and assist others ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/suicide-toll-surpasses-road-deaths-approval-by-board-of-pro-suicide-book-slammed-by-society/ The Society points out that the recent judgment (8 October) by Employment Court Judge Coral Shaw, overturning the July 2007 ruling by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) that awarded $9,000 for hurt feelings to an employee, Jessica Wood, for unjust dismissal by her employer for her breach of company policy ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/employment-relations-authority-suggestion-on-role-of-chief-censors-office-is-laughable-says-employer-loby-group/ 13 October 2008 The General Manager of Arthur D Riley & Co Ltd, Garth Mickell, says a level of common sense has been applied in the decision by the Employment Court which has found that his company was justified in dismissing an employee. The case, which was originally an appeal against a ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/media-release-by-arthur-d-riley-co-ltd/ Media Release 11 October 2008 The Society is delighted that the Employment Court in Wellington has recently issued a robust landmark decision that defends the rights of employers to enforce any company rules they have prohibiting their employees from accessing, downloading, uploading, saving, requesting, transmitting, storing or purposely viewing sexual, pornographic, ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/landmark-court-decision-on-misuse-of-internet-in-workplace-dismissal-by-company-of-employee-upheld/ Adelaide Advertiser Story. October 08, 2008 by Tory Shepherd , Health Reporter UNREGULATED sperm donation is leading to unusual situations in which the children of lesbians in Adelaide are mixing socially - creating a risk of incest. One of South Australia's foremost experts in reproductive technology - Reverend Dr Andrew Dutney - says ... http://www.spcs.org.nz/2008/30-south-australian-lesbian-mums-impregnated-by-same-man/