“… Sherry Hoppen was a mom of three, a ministry leader in her church, and a volunteer at her local pregnancy center when her younger brother was killed in a drunk driving accident. The tragedy triggered her own slow spiral into alcoholism—one that nearly destroyed her marriage and her life.” “Neither culture nor the church …
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“Jacinta Price, the deputy mayor of Alice Springs council … defeated first-term Country Liberal incumbent Samantha McMahon, who was last week asked to leave the Senate chamber because her colleagues believed she was heavily under the influence of alcohol. She denied she was drunk and later said she was ‘unwell.’” (Rob Harris, “Conservative Indigenous activist …
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“It is well-established that increases in the availability of alcohol contributes to increases in alcohol-related violence. Research in Melbourne has found that there is a strong association between family violence and the concentration of off licence (packaged or take-away liquor outlets in an area. The study concluded that a ten per cent increase in off-licence …
Susanna M. Salter Mrs. Susanna Madora Salter was the first woman to serve as a mayor in the USA. Oddly, she had not even intended to run for office – though she was politically active for the prohibition of alcohol. Certain anti-prohibition men who opposed her put forward her name, but merely to mock the …
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58.2 % of indigenous women (aged 18+) do not drink alcohol. Thank God these women had never consumed alcohol (or at least not within a week of the survey). ‘In 2004–05, Indigenous people aged 18 years and over were more likely than non-Indigenous people to abstain from drinking alcohol.’ The Health and Welfare of Australia’s …
Evangeline Booth’s Indictment: Who should know better the effects of liquor than this brilliant woman, from her experience in the redemptive work of the Salvation Army? Says she: Drink has drained more blood, Hung more crepe, Sold more homes, Plunged more people into bankruptcy, Armed more villians, Slain more children, Snapped more wedding rings, Defiled …
Exploiters and Drinkers: Evangeline Booth “Drink has drained more blood…” Read More »
“What we’re actually looking at is the destruction of a life, and the law stands for two reasons. It has an educative role: and it educates the public that the unborn is worthy of protection. And it also has a protective role: it allows for that woman to stand behind the law and say, ‘You …
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THE subject upon which I have been requested to write a paper is, “The Value of Temperance in connection with Religious Aggressive Effort.” Before entering directly on the subject, I want to make two or three preliminary remarks, and, I. It may be well to explain that we understand religious aggressive effort to be, that …
Drinking Alcohol vs Christianity – Catherine Booth, Salvation Army, 1879 Read More »
I ought to be able to make a speech with such a text; but it seems, as The General has said, to have taken all the breath out of me.
‘Even One Drink’ ‘There is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Even one drink risks the health of an unborn baby.’ ‘Pregnant? Don’t Drink. Period.’ American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004, adapted from materials provided by the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, http://www.aap.org/advocacy/chm98fet.htm