Quoting Quiverfull: Not Wanting Children?

February 13, 2013 By 12 Comments
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Lori Alexander from the blog Always Learning – February 4, 2013 She is young and happy in love.  She loves her job.  If she is unhappy at home, she becomes happy when she goes to work.  Having children frightens her.  She will have to give up

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A Look At Westboro Baptist From A Native Topekan

February 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
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Jezebel.com posted an article about former Westboro Baptist member Lauren Drain posing for a NoH8 photography taken by Adam Houska. What was more interesting than Drain’s story of life in a cult was one of the comments listed below the article, telling of what living in Topeka,

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Quoting Quiverfull: Polygamy & Christianity?

February 12, 2013 By 35 Comments
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RedLegBen on his wife’s blog Sarah’s Daughter – January 17, 2013 Men value loyalty. If a wife is loyal, a man will put up with a lot of crap. I have seen men put up with women putting on weight that equals the newer economy cars but remain with their wife because they are loyal.  [...]

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Large Family Christian Homeschooling and Child Evangelism Fellowship

February 12, 2013 By 16 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Christian Youth In Action (CYIA) is a favorite venue for socialization and mission work for many large-family Christian homeschoolers. Quiverfull teens often attend

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Quoting Quiverfull: Friendships Like Water?

February 11, 2013 By 6 Comments
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Darlene Schacht at Time-Warp Wife – April 17, 2013 Nothing holds the power to negatively influence our faith more than the people we are close to. Friends can lift you up, while others drag you down faster than you ever thought possible. But when

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