Links to Your World, Tuesday June 24

Will advocates of gay rights stop at demanding that homosexual unions be recognized by the State, or will they demand that private citizens and religious organizations be punished for failing to get on board, too? NPR presented an important piece on this last week. Chilling stuff. Maggie Gallagher and Marc Stern also provided some interesting comments on the concern.


William Saletan of Slate predicts that parents will soon have a chance to abort based on tests that predict homosexual orientation much like parents who now abort based on gender selection. Now that will become an interesting cultural clash among liberals: Will prochoice forces soon meet one choice they will prohibit?


A Spanking Might Beat Ritalin.


“Promises of chastity don't seem to sway the screaming girl-fans, of course, it just makes them scream harder because boys-who-wait seem even dreamier than boys-who-don't, from the look of things for the Jonas brothers.” (story)


Eric Gorsky of the Washington Times reports on young leaders in Southern Baptist Convention churches.


“Plants have a secret social life.”


If you need a ransom note for your upcoming kidnapping, someone created a free online Ransom Note Generator just for you.


Hilarious headlines, ads, and classifieds.


Here's a 7-1/2 minute interview with Adrian Warnock and Ed Stetzer. Ed says there are two different camps in the evangelical world today: the 'theologically minded' and the 'evangelistically effective'. Many see these streams as mutually exclusive. But according to Ed, 'he wants it all'. Good stuff, as usual with Stetzer:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epbis3kugW8