Nancy E. Head

My cage confines me all around;

Abroad I cannot fly;

But though my wing is closely bound,

My heart’s at liberty.

My prison wall cannot control

The flight, the freedom, of the soul.

Jeanne Marie de la Motte-Guyon

Two kinds of vetos threaten freedom in our world today, according to this month’s issue of The Economist–“the assassin’s veto” and the “heckler’s veto.”  Death threats–the ultimate appeal to force–limit the freedom of news entities and private citizens. Hecklers shout down those who disagree.

The tightening noose of limits on speech are not just overseas and not just from violently radical elements. 

This turn of events puts us under the shadow of bully nations of the world.  The gaggle of “usual suspects” comes to mind. There are the radical Muslim entities–“state and non-state” oppressors. And in China, where liberty had been growing, a recent “anti-corruption” law now limits freedom of speech and assembly as well. Continue Reading…

It was a flashpoint in the argument to legalize abortion–rape. How could anyone be so cruel as to suggest that woman who’s been raped has to carry the child of the rapist to term?

The surprising answer is that abortion is frequently pushed onto these victims, and abortion victimizes them further.

We are 43 years from the complete eradication of abortion laws that Roe v Wade and Doe v. Bolton enacted. Surprising is the scant discussion of such the compelling subject of abortion because of rape or incest.

And there seems to be little interest in finding facts to support what was and still is assumed: That women who suffer rape and girls or suffer incest are better off having abortions than they are delivering babies. Continue Reading…

Take my hand and take this ring
And know that I will always love you
Through anything.

Matthew West

June is the month of weddings, and I went to a special one recently. Many aspects were like any other wedding. But in some ways, this wedding differed from most. And those ways enhanced the significance of the day.

As is typical, the dresses, flowers, and church were beautiful. The bride glowed in the love of her groom. He beamed in her love for him. She was from head to toe a princess. He was a handsome prince. Parents smiled. The photographer snapped.

The day seemed to unfold without a hitch–at least until the ushers, aided by the groom’s mother, struggled to unfold the reluctant aisle runner. Every wedding has such a moment. Continue Reading…

“My children don’t want to use the bathrooms anymore. That is huge for a child who’s been sexually abused.” ADFlegal (5:45) 

The Alliance Defending Freedom recently posted a video discussion regarding the debate over gender neutral bathroom laws. The video gives voice to several women who have been sexually abused as children. The parent quoted above has adopted several children who have suffered sexual abuse.

One suffers the indignity of “accidents” at school rather than using a bathroom where she feels afraid.

The school this mother’s children attend recently changed its bathroom policy. The trauma of being trans and not wanting to use the bathroom has become trauma for those who have suffered abuse.

Some of those speaking out are years removed from their abuse. At 1:25, the video shows one “survivor of sexual trauma” who found herself in a workplace conundrum. Continue Reading…