#174-Tricia Jackson on the Root Cause of Societal Decline
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Richard and Tricia Jackson, primary candidate for West Virginia Treasurer, discuss how to tackle the issue of almost one half of all West Virginia births being outside of marriage. They talk about the need to present clear expectations and standards to children and youth. Helping children to develop emotional intelligence, and not just going by their feelings, was discussed as an important element of tackling this issue.
Richard discusses the idea of developing STAR (Students Teaching Abstinence & Responsibility) and other leadership clubs that emphasize character development and sexual abstinence.
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Kevin “KC” Christian on the Root Cause of Societal Decline
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Richard and Kevin KC” Christian, primary candidate for West Virginia Governor, discuss the benefits and efficacy of character and abstinence-centered education for youth. They dive into the process for forming an Urban Life Training Chapter in your local community. Kevin shares about the importance of putting base desires in check while looking forward to a successful marriage and future.
Link for forming an Urban Life Training Chapter: https://www.urbanlifetraining.org/index.php/chapters
Joe Earley on the Root Cause of Societal Decline
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Joe Earley, primary candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in West Virginia, discussed how the continued upward spiral of outside of wedlock births drives all types of societal problems.
Joe discusses the deleterious effect of unfettered internet access on our children, and much more.
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Stop Abusing Youth and Let Them Choose Sexual Abstinence
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House Speaker Mike Johnson was blasted at the end of 2023 for…taking his daughter Hannah to a purity ball! In fact, I also took our daughter Sarah to a purity ball in 1999 when she
was eleven years old. She also received a purity ring, and she gave it to her husband as part of their marriage Blessing ceremony. She is happily married and we have two beautiful grandchildren.
Let’s cut to the chase. Teaching sexual abstinence before marriage is good, and it helps children to achieve successful outcomes in life. Failure to maintain sexual purity when of school age is correlated with increased use of alcohol and drugs, poor academic performance, emotional stress, increased risk of suicide, infection with sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy.
So why is there opposition, such as that against House Speaker Mike Johnson? The fundamental reason is because those opposing the movement for sexual purity before marriage are abusive themselves, or have been the victims of abuse and are stuck in a kind of Stockholm syndrome where the victims are advocating on behalf of their abusers.
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Jack Hefestay on the Root Cause of Societal Decline
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Jack Hefestay and Richard discuss the root cause of societal decline, the breakdown of the family. Richard presents a practical plan to tackle this issue.
Jack and Richard discuss the current dynamic of discussing God in the public square.
Richie Robb on Strengthening Families
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Richie Robb and Richard Urban discuss the importance of focusing on the cause of societal problems, which is family breakdown. In West Virginia, about one in two children are born outside of marriage.
How can generational change occur?
Could part of the solution be banning cell phones in schools?
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