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Commentary By Tony Perkins | January 26, 2021 | 10:19am EST A transgender flag is brandished at a protest. (Photo credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) If there was a honeymoon, its over. Less than a week into the administration that isnt Donald Trumps, a surprising number of Americans are already regretting his replacement. Within hours of his swearing in, Joe Biden got right to work -- alienating core constituencies with his attacks on ...

Historically debunked parenting concept has new life Wednesday, December 23, 2020  |  Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish A professor at Mississippi State University is arguing that "collective parenting" is the best method for raising children – but that approach has already been tried and found wanting, says a pro-family group. Speaking recently at Cornell University, MSU sociology professor Margaret Hagerman said the idea of having outside influences help raise children is a good...

40-plus years ive been following american politics that has been subject to so much misinformation as this simple bill from arizona. >> so people are just confused about it, is that your point? >> absolutely. >> all the republicans who are now against it, all of the leaders who are against it, they just somehow didnt read the two-page bill? >> what do people have wrong, peter? >> what people have wrong is this bill is not fundamentally about sexual orientation. its about religious liberty. it bu...

Actions that imperil the inclusive communities that we have strived to foster within our game. theres word that the nfl might move the super bowl out of arizona. look, im a republican, im for religious liberty, i am not for this bill. i think it goes too far. but it does raise important questions, not just about religious freedom, but market freedom. and the government should not compel business owners to provide services to everyone no matter what. and if you think im wrong, i bet i can change ...

Decide. and the pressures building. >> veto, veto, veto. >> on the left, van jones, on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," neera tanden, who is against arizonas freedom of religion bill, and peter sprigg, who supports it. what should government do if religious freedom lets some people discriminate? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." im van jones on the left. >> imt s.e. cupp on the right. guests on opposite sides of arizonas religious freedom bill. both major league basebal...

Sometimes lost in the backpack. >> yes. >> you know, sometimes you dont see all of those forms. >> right. right. thats the first thought i had, that my kids come home with piles of papers and there might be things that i dont see. and i also feel as though if theres a problem with my child in school, id rather the teacher come in and talk to me or have me come in and talk to them. i just -- again, i just think hitting a child is just never, ever the right way to handle things. >> peter, does it ...

Physical violence just seems like a bad message to send. >> peter, we talk all the time about how its sort of irresponsible for parents to outsource so much parenting to schools, to the state government. so why outsource this kind of discipline? >> i dont see this as outsourcing discipline. this is allowing the school during the hours when the school has authority over your child to exercise discipline over the child. when the child is home theyre under your authority and you have the power to d...

That laws enacted by both parties in correct me if im wrong and signed into law by president bill clinton, i might add, should be defended in court. >> all right. gentlem gentlemen, i want to thank you for coming on today. peter sprigg, evan wolfson, appreciate your time. drenching rain has triggered massive flooding across the northeast, and forecasters say the washouts are only going to be getting worse. new jersey governor chris christie declared a statewide emergency wednesday night mobili...

Benefits of marriage to a type of relationship that is incapable of ever creating children. that undermines the whole purpose of the institution. and it sends a message to society that children dont need a mother and father. and thats simply false. the social science shows children do best when they have a mother and father. >> mr. wolfson, when we hear that side of the argument, what is the practicality of moving forward in trying to say that there is equality needed on this front? >> right. we...

Sex versus teens that have casual sex teens -- well, those casual sex teens definitely had lowing gpas? >> we looked at a number of educational outcomes, gpa, aspirations for college, being expended or expelled, and we found that when you divide the adolescents who are sexually active into two groups, you found boys and girls having sex with a romantic partner, that has little negative consequences for their educational outcomes compared to the youths who have sex with partners they decide or de...