YOUNG FLIERS SEE THE FILM, BE IT PG OR R
Flying with children can be difficult in many ways and one that parents can’t plan for is protecting young children from exposure to R rated films. You can bring coloring books, crayons and toys but when your child looks up at the screen and sees violence or sexy behavior there’s no place to go and you can’t turn it off.
“A husband shoots his wife in the face, then drags her body from the pool of blood. A 12-year-old boy is crushed against a fence by a car. A teenager zips up her jeans in the bathroom after a sexual encounter.”
“These are images from movies shown to passengers recently on overhead screens in airlines, and they are sources of a new and vigorous outcry from parents, flight attendants and children’s advocacy groups who say that in-flight entertainment has become anything but family-friendly.”
“Critics say their anger comes as airlines, eager to cater to current tastes and acceding to more permissive standards for the entertainment media, have relaxed their rules for what they show.”
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IOWA PERMITS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, FOR 4 HOURS, ANYWAY
Iowa. Middle America. A state known for wholesome family values, Mom, apple pie, and for four fleeting hours on Friday, THE place to be for same sex couples wanting to get married.
““Imagine this — right here in Iowa,” Amanda Duncan said as she and her partner of three years, Aleece Ramirez, filled out their application for a marriage license and put down $35. “Hopefully, this starts a fire that spreads to other places.””
“The chance was fleeting. After four hours, Robert B. Hanson, the same county judge who had deemed the ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, delayed further granting of licenses until the Iowa Supreme Court decided whether to consider an appeal.”
“Still, national advocates for same-sex marriage pointed to the developments as significant. An issue that has largely been battled on the coasts in states like Massachusetts and California, they said, has made its way squarely to the more conservative middle.”
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