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Educating for Marriage, Sort Of - Dana Mack

The recent push for high school marriage preparation is encouraging. But it would be more effective if the leaders of the marriage preservation movement saw marriage education in its broadest light, as an introduction to the history, cultural richness, social utility, and civic meaning of marriage as an institution. Unfortunately, what passes for marriage preparation in the thousands of schools and churches around the country that currently offer it to teenagers is not marriage preparation at all.  Email This Article

End the Welfare Marriage Penalty - Sam Brownback & David Blankenhorn

We believe that the time is ripe to transcend the usual partisan politics and implement a plan to stop penalizing lower-income couples who do the right thing — for themselves and their children — and get married.  Email This Article

Families’ Priceless Gift to Free Society: Self-Giving Love - Louise Perrotta

Jennifer Roback Morse, an economist by trade, was captivated by laissez-faire theory...until she became a mom. It was then she realized that a self-interested approach to family life does not result in personal happiness or the common good of a free, democratic society.  Email This Article

Family Decline: The Findings of Social Science - PAUL C. VITZ

Looking back on extensive documentation on the decline of the family in America, it is apparent that by far the single most important factor in the many social problems presently confronting us is the failure of fathers, the fact that men have abandoned their role in the family.  Email This Article

Family for Life - Leon J. Suprenant, Jr

"Daddy, I'm pregnant."  Email This Article

Feminism and the Family an Indissoluble Marriage - MARY ANN GLENDON

May Ann Glendon outlines the real problems women (and families) face today, while explaining how feminism must change in order to become relevant to the needs of modern women.  Email This Article

Five non-religious arguments for marriage over living together - Dennis Prager

There are enormous differences between being a "husband" or a "wife" and being a "partner," a "friend" or a "significant other".  Email This Article

For Better or for Worse? - Mary Ann Glendon

President Bush's endorsement of a constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage should be welcomed by all Americans who are concerned about equality and preserving democratic decision-making.  Email This Article

Forty Years Wandering - John F. Kippley

This year marks the fortieth anniversary of Daniel Patrick Moynihan's controversial "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action."  Email This Article

Getting It Right: The Foundation of Friendship - Edward P. Sri

What can a celibate priest really teach us about love, sexuality, and relationships between men and women?  Email This Article


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