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The wreckage of the Sexual Revolution, laid bare in one website hack

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Ed Stetzer (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A group calling itself the “Impact Team” announced it would release the names of people who used the Ashley Madison website if its owners didn’t shut the website down. If you hadn’t heard of Ashely Madison back then, chances are you now know more than you care to about the site, which brings together people who seek to have extramarital affairs. Its motto tells you all you need to know: “Life is short. Have an affair.” The site’s ownership didn’t comply with the demand, and in mid-August, the “Impact Team” released more than 25 gigabytes of data. As soon as the data was released, people combed through it looking for potential targets for humiliation, or even worse, extortion. But this isn’t just a problem that’s “out there” in the world. Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research estimates that “at least 400 church leaders ( pastors , elders, staff, deacons, etc.)” would be exposed in the Ashely Madison affair. (Pun intended.) In one post, Ste...

Ottawa sets up testing booths at bathhouses amid gay syphilis epidemic

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English: This photograph shows a close-up view of keratotic lesions on the palms of this patient’s hands due to a secondary syphilitic infection. Syphilis is a complex sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It has often been called "the great imitator" because so many of the signs and symptoms are indistinguishable from those of other diseases. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Ottawa Public Health is warning that syphilis is dramatically on the rise in active homosexual males, stating last month that it has seen a 76 percent increase from the number of cases reported last year and that over 90 percent of new cases are among active homosexual men . The city’s public health department is so concerned about the outbreak that it has set up testing booths at local bathhouses where homosexual men gather. “ Syphilis is highly infectious,” said Patrick O’Byrne, a registered nurse and Sexual Health Centre spokesperson for the public heal...