Modesty, Body Policing and Rape Culture: Connecting the Dots

December 17, 2012 By 45 Comments
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by Sierra Definition: The “modesty doctrine” is the belief that women need to cover their bodies to prevent men from being attracted to them, because sexual attraction is lust that leads to sin and death for both.  The modesty doctrine is not the same as

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Nathan Phelps Responds to Westboro Baptist Plan to Picket Funerals of Sandy Hook Victims

December 17, 2012 By 4 Comments
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Reposting a press release from Recovering From Religion Sunday, December 16th, 2012 — Former Westboro Church member, son of Fred Phelps Sr. & now prominent secular & LGBT activist Nathan Phelps issues the following official statement in response to the Twitter message from Shirley Phelps-Roper stating

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Quoting Quiverfull: Men of Courage?

December 17, 2012 By 3 Comments
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QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers

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