Manhattan Adult Entertainment: State of some unions
The Center for Reproductive Rights felt CBS should know the
facts, and sent them a letter explaining the Philippines’ law: no exemptions
for abortion, not even the life of the mother. According to CRR, more than
1,000 women died in 2008 in the Philippines as a result of high-risk
pregnancies that should have been terminated to save the life of the mother,
and another 90,000 women suffered life-threatening and life-altering complications.
We can’t comment on Mancruch’s finances, but it seems to us
that Focus on Family should get the same treatment UCC got last year. If a
church that believes in inclusion for all is too controversial for the Super
Bowl, then a group that lies about women’s lives should be as well.
All cured now
Speaking of evangelical liars, Ted Haggard and his wife
Gayle were on Oprah this week. Unlike
Elizabeth Edwards, Gayle Haggard chose to stay in her marriage to Haggard, who
had several affairs with men, including a three-year pay-for-sex arrangement
with a gay male prostitute.