I do not think that the internet itself is responsible for declining faith around the world.

As they say, "knowledge is power", and I think this is the true driving force behind the change. More and more people are continuing to tertiary education, literature that openly advocates atheism is no longer taboo and there are an ever increasing number of people who openly criticize religion.

As others have mentioned, this process began long ago, well before the internet. That's not to say the internet has not played a major role in this—the very nature of the internet has surely accelerated this process.

It doesn't appear that we have any of those on here, elsewhere didn't seem very promising either.

If you make another post, you should unlock the requests subforum where you might be able to find someone who could obtain it for you.

Ugh. The anti-bareback crusade.

It's sometimes hard to speak out against a charity that actually does some good things, but unfortunately the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is no stranger to ridiculous litigation and other disgusting tactics.

For example, they (tried) suing Pfizer in 2007 over Viagra, claiming the the ads for it were indirectly a major factor in the AIDS epidemic. This followed their request to Pfizer to give millions of dollars to an anti-meth education program, which Pfizer didn't even really decline– the AHF submitted the request to the marketing department, and when told there was a specific department for grant requests and that they should submit it to that department, they chose litigation, instead of, you know, calling up the right department. Clearly frivolous litigation. Not sure what the status of that is-- can only find mentions of the lawsuit being filed, but nothing after that. I'm assuming it was probably dismissed.

They have sued the city and county of Los Angeles multiple times, trying to force them into adopting anti-bareback porn laws before they finally resorted to collecting signatures for a ballot measure, which was passed due to popular support, even though the city/county of LA refused to enact it themselves, because, of course, it's ridiculous.

Their main conviction against bareback porn is not really that the stars in the film should be 'protected', but rather that they feel guys who watch bareback porn are more likely to bareback themselves, which is not really supported by anything but looking at a graph of the number of bareback films and the rate at which guys are infected with HIV. Of course, this view ignores the fact that there is a greatly diminished fear of barebacking in general now that HIV is no longer a 5-10 year death sentence, that drugs are definitely a major part of the increases in transmission, and that a growing percentage of new infections is between heterosexual couples (in fact, estimates are that new cases are split almost half and half between gay and straight transmissions-- a telling tale given the much lower possibility of transmission with vaginal sex).

But, of course, they are well funded because they really do help people infected with HIV/AIDS get access to medication, hence why they are able to litigate in this manner.

I must agree, even aside from Putin's terrible human rights record, he is clearly hostile towards Russia's neighbors. Ukraine is not the only one– people seem to have forgotten about Georgia.

Of course, it's ridiculous that Obama won the prize in 2009, but saying "Well, he won it, so Vladmir Putin should be eligible, too" is asinine; two wrongs don't make a right.

@hean:

it doesnt make sense if he sees the same person in straight porn?
I thought there are a lot of girls?

He is referring to the men only– there are plenty of girls.

8月1日、ウガンダの憲法裁判所によって反同性愛法が無効とされました。スティーブン・カブマ裁判長は「この法は必要な定足数を満たさずに議会で採決され、法制化の過程が憲法に違反していた」として無効だと宣言しました。
これを受けて国連の潘基文（バン・キムン）事務総長は「法の支配の勝利」だと語りました。事務総長の報道官が発表した声明の中で潘氏は、「この前進に貢献した全ての人々、特に大きな危険を顧みず声を上げたウガンダの人権の擁護者たち」に敬意を表しました。

この反同性愛法は昨年12月、ウガンダの国会で可決され、国際的な非難をよそにムセベニ大統領の署名で成立していたものです。保守派議員らは当初、最高刑を死刑としていましたが、その後、修正されていました。
同法には、HIV感染者が関与する同性間の性行為は重罪相当として終身刑の処罰が盛り込まれていた。国際人権団体アムネスティ・インターナショナルによると、同性間の性行為を何度も行ったり、未成年者との性的交渉にもこの処罰が適用されます。また、同性愛者を支援する者も禁錮刑の対象になるというものでした。

同法は欧米諸国や人権団体の非難を招き、アメリカはウガンダの政府機関への資金援助などの中止、深刻な人権侵害行為などに関与した一部のウガンダ人の渡航規制などの制裁措置も科していました。

反同性愛法の無効化により、相変わらず同性間の性行為は違法のままではありますが（禁固刑にもなりえますが）、同性愛者を擁護する活動は合法となり、一般市民が同性愛者を当局に告発する必要もなくなりました。そんななか、ウガンダ南部、首都カンパラから約35キロ離れた街・エンテベでプライドパレードが行われました。

8月9日、パレードの参加者は、音楽や笑いとともに、エンテベのビクトリア湖近くの植物園（ムセベニ大統領の邸宅の近く）に集まり、晴れやかに行進しました。
「このパレードは私たちを1つにするためのもの。今まではみんな反同性愛法のせいで隠れていたの」と、主催者のサンドラ・ンテビさんは語りました。

www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3022117

I think the earlier the better; in fact, I think waiting until they "understand it" is way later than it should be.

Early exposure makes it more likely they will 'accept' it and not use it as a point of resentment. Further, as alexandyr85 says, most kids aren't stupid. They probably already know, or at least suspect, unless you don't see them often, which I hope is not the case.

Just tell them, but personally, I recommend doing so in a way other than "let's sit down and have a really serious discussion", I'd try to find a way to bring it up in a casual conversation that has a lead-in, like LGBT rights or watching a TV show that has an LGBT character in it or the like. It'll make it less awkward for both of you.

Hey Frank! Welcome to the site!  :welcome:

As for the proper forum to post requests in, if you make two more posts, you should be able to find it easily

@SaltNPepaLvr:

No man should expect or be expected to support another man.

Personally, I don't see the problem with this if it is explicitly stated in the relationship. It's obviously different if the person with money is being taken advantage of by the other under the guise of love.

The first one was very good, both in gameplay and storyline, but was really short.

I have the second, but I haven't finished it yet– I should probably get on that