Penna Dexter
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Penna Dexter is a mother, activist, and radio professional.

  • Freedom From Christmas?

    December 11th, 201110:00 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    If people were peaches, atheists would be the most fragile in the basket. Author Bob Knight made this observation in a piece on Townhall.com (12/1/11) he titled, “Tis the Season for Christmas Phobia.” Mr. Knight, a keen observer of oversensitivities to all things Christian, writes that atheists are “always getting bruised by the slightest exp...

  • "Candy Cane" Case Appealed

    July 06th, 201105:32 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    A Texas school district has spent eight years and over a million dollars to keep Jesus out of the classroom.  Now they are arguing that elementary school children do not have First Amendment rights.   In late May, all seventeen judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the 8-year “candy cane case,” Morgan v...

  • Not So Fast

    May 31st, 201102:29 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    The United States military is set to open its ranks to out and professed homosexuals.  Training sessions are being conducted across the military to try to smooth the way. But this diversity training won’t make a dent in the problems stemming from this change, which was made without full consideration of the burdens that will be placed upon o...

  • Challenging the Mandate

    April 22nd, 201101:09 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    At the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Health Care Act, there’s strong evidence to show that if the legislation is fully implemented, it will be anything but affordable. First, in Massachusetts, which is nearly five years into its Romneycare plan, a model for the national overhaul, spending has skyrocketed. Governor Deval Patrick is tryi...

  • Pro-Life Democrats: A Vanishing Breed

    January 26th, 201110:23 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    The 112th Congress now beginning its work is certainly more conservative than the one that precedes it.  But it’s also vastly more pro-life. New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith, long a warrior for the sanctity of life, says...  the 112th Congress contains “arguably the most pro-life House ever.”  Wow!  Let’...

  • Maybe

    December 06th, 201005:53 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    There was a time when an invitation required a definitive answer.  But, with advent of the electronic invitation via Facebook or E-vite, one doesn’t necessarily have to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Frequently, there’s another option:  ‘maybe.’  This postponement possibility is increasingly common to social engagements. ...

  • Genderlessness

    September 06th, 201002:01 PM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    Some of the bizarre findings and conclusions in the court decision overturning California’s marriage amendment, Proposition 8, present the concept of gender as unimportant in family life and society. Finding number 70 reads: “The gender of a child’s parent is not a factor in the child’s adjustment.” The judge also concludes, “...the evi...

  • Prop 8 Ruling

    August 21st, 201010:31 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    The summer has seen challenges to marriage from federal courts on both coasts. Two judges find a right to same sex marriage, but they come at it differently. A federal district court judge in Massachusetts struck down the Federal Defense of Marriage Act in two separate cases. These decisions indicate that Congress should defer to the states regardi...

  • "NO" to Marriage

    August 02nd, 201011:57 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    Since June is a big month for weddings, some media outlets took the opportunity to celebrate the decline of marriage? They point out that the percentage of married Americans has dropped every decade since the 50’s. They marginalize traditionalists, conservatives and lots of religious folks who are standing against efforts to redefine, and thus fu...

  • Christian Legal Society Case

    July 12th, 201011:56 AM ET
    By Penna Dexter
    In what kind of a world does a Christian group not have the right to restrict its membership to practicing Christians?  According to the United States Supreme Court: in today's world. In a 5 to 4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law school can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that will not let non-Christians ...
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