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On November 20, adult industry spokespersons launched a new political party: The Australian Sex Party.

Here’s one of the party’s promotional videos:

Tired of “hypocrites” and “wowsers” (an Australian slang term for an obtrusively puritanical person)? The Sex Party hopes to save their nation from such people. The woman you see in this video is the party’s convenor, Fiona Patten, the head of the Eros Association, the national adult retail and entertainment lobby group.

What has triggered this new party line? Patten says the trigger has been the Australian government’s decision to place a mandatory filter on the Internet. Read more…

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(This was a post I submitted on the blog Forced Exile.)

Does watching sex on TV predict teen pregnancy? This was the question the nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization, the RAND Corporation, asked back in 2001. Their findings were released about a month ago. What were they?

Teens who were exposed to high levels of television sexual content were twice as likely to experience a pregnancy compared with those with lower levels of exposure.

To many this is no news flash. Most people understand that the media influences sexual beliefs and behaviors. But this study was the first of its kind, demonstrating a prospective link between exposure to sexual content on television and the experience of a teen pregnancy. Read more…

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(The following is a guest post from a friend and book-lover who chooses to remain anonymous.)

Pastor Mark Driscoll’s book, Death by Love, is an exposition of the work of Christ on the cross and its relevancy to the often complex and painful situations of life. Death by Love is composed of 12 letters from Pastor Driscoll to different people he counseled about real-life situations. Each letter is prefaced by a short introduction, explaining the recipient’s background to book readers.

Driscoll, along with his co-author, Gerry Breshears, writes, “Our approach is an effort to show that there is no such thing as Christian community or Christian ministry apart from a rigorous theology of the cross that is practically applied to the lives of real people” (13). Read more…

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People are watching more porn now than ever before . . . even pastors and ministers. How are denominations and church organizations dealing with this issue?

The Assemblies of God actually has a formal list of guidelines in place for helping ministers who have a “moral failure involving pornography.” I commend AOG for putting careful thought into these guidelines. (These guidelines were published in the Fall 2005 issue of Enrichment Journal.) Read more…

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Today we are publishing our 300th post on Breaking Free. This blog has been around for about a year now, and its been a wonderful learning experience for us. We’ve been able to interact with hundreds of people and learn about an array of topics. We hope you’ve enjoyed our articles.

Below is a list of our top 10 most-viewed posts recently:

10. Not just a Man’s Problem - Women and Porn Addiction - Who says women don’t struggle with Internet pornography?

9. FAQ Friday: Why doesn’t Covenant Eyes have Accountability Software for the iPhone? - This has probably been one of the questions we receive more than any other.

8. Six Reasons Why Guys Like Porn (and how to Break Free) - My thoughts on Proverbs 7 and how incredibly relevant it is to the temptations guys face online.

7. More on Porn Nation Part 1 and Part 2 - Some quotes from how university students are reacting to Michael Leahy’s controversial and widely-heard presentation, “Porn Nation.”

6. Husbands who Watch Porn - What are Their Wives Saying? - A candid look at why some women hate it when their husbands watch porn and why it is bad for any marriage.

5. Behind the Scenes of the New Movie: Fireproof - This movie has made huge splashes in the box office.

4. Porn and Pong: Sex in Video Games - A look at the history of sexual imagery and stories in video games and how it is impacting culture now.

3. Ex-Porn Star Tells the Truth about the Porn Industry - A guest post by Shelley Lubben, a former adult film actress and her thoughts on the industry.

2. Husbands who Watch Porn - Wives are Asking, “What’s Wrong with Me?” - Many women feel they can’t measure up to porn-star standards. Hear why your husband’s compulsive porn use really isn’t about you.

And our #1 most-viewed post has been . . .

1. Pastor Confesses to 16-Year Porn Addiction - This is the sad story of Michael Guglielmucci, an Australian pastor who recently confessed to faking a bout with cancer to cover up his porn addiction.

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