An analysis of the data from the National Study of Youth and Religion showed that abandoning a religious identification during adolescence or early adulthood led to worse relationship with parents. Interestingly, this effect was not observed in young adults who either switched religions or adopted a religious affiliation after growing up non-religious.
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Erin Boggs was 16 in 1992 when she learned she was pregnant. “I was scared, definitely kind of alone,” Boggs says. “So, I knew the decision was going to land on me solely, and it felt like a critically important decision.”
Boggs says people around her suggested she could parent or abort, but no one recommended adoption, but that was ultimately the choice she made.
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“She says her termination was because she refused to teach ‘extreme’ LGBT lessons and because she shared her Christian beliefs on these issues with pupils.”
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Not since the sweeping social changes of the late 1960s have more Americans considered a larger family of three or more children ideal, Gallup revealed today in its latest Social Series survey on the ideal number of children. While the preference for larger families has seen a slow and steady increase over the last several years, new Gallup poll numbers show the highest percentage point in 50 years. Today, 45% of Americans see three or more children as ideal, a steep increase from 38% in 2013, and an even wider gap from 33% in 2003.
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A man who just became the new Miss Portugal will be advancing to compete with another man for the title of Miss Universe, a female beauty pageant now owned by a “transgender” businessman. Euro Weekly reported that Marina Machete, a 28-year-old, biologically male flight attendant who “identifies” as female, was declared the winner of the Miss Portugal beauty contest on October 5 after years of unsuccessful attempts to enter the contest.
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