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Home: Current Issues: Marriage and Family: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Marriage and Family: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Reversing the Deculturation of Fatherhood - Donald DeMarcoBeing freed from the "fetters" of fatherhood means that we neither know who we are nor where we are going. In order to recover fatherhood, there must first be a recovery of the fatherhood of God. Read more... Sacrilege and Sacrament - Roger ScrutonRoger Scruton's argument in "Sacrilege and Sacrament" is characteristic of the sharp reasoning to be found throughout The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, and Morals. As Scruton observes, the institution of marriage -- which started out as a sacred, eternal vow and covenant -- has today been reduced to a civil contract. The implications which these changes pose for relations between the sexes, and for the future of society and culture in general are explored. Read more... Senate Floor Statement on the Federal Marriage Amendment - Senator Gordon H. SmithGordon H. Smith, Republican Senator from the state of Oregon, made the following statement before the U.S. Senate on July 9th in consideration of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Read more... Sex and the Empire State - Robert P. GeorgeIf you ask, "What can be done going forward around the country to protect religious liberty?" the answer is this: Win the fight to preserve the legal definition of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife. Period. Read more... Sex and the Married Woman - Cheryl DickowMy first job after college graduation was as a "Training Specialist" at a large corporation. I taught computer software classes. Read more... Sixty years of commitment - Fr. Raymond De SouzaShould there have been difficulties — and in what marriage are there not? — the Queen and the Duke worked through them and persevered. Marriage vows, after all, do not promise a problem-free life, but perseverance in the face of them. Read more... So-Called Gay Marriage: A Dialogue - J. BudziszewskiI'd been tied up with students all morning. No sooner did student number ten leave than student number eleven appeared. It was Theresa. Read more... Some Afterthoughts - Archbishop Timothy DolanAlmost two weeks ago — hauntingly, on the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist, whom King Herod would behead because the saint dared to defend the God-given truth about marriage — our state sadly attempted a re-definition of marriage. Read more... Statement on the Status of Marriage in Canada - Daniel Cere and Douglas FarrowOver the past year four Canadian courts have ruled that marriage, recognized under the common law as "the union of one man and one woman," is inconsistent with constitutional values in modern Canadian society and offends the equality rights of homosexuals under section 15 of the Charter. Read more... Stay at home Mom! - Samantha GriceAs a respected staff writer for The New Yorker, Caitlin Flanagan doesn’t seem like the type of person who would make feminist blood boil, but that’s exactly what her new book is doing. Read more... Submission on Marriage - Cardinal George PellIn response to the subject inquiry, I make the following submissions regarding the nature of marriage and why the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia must continue to recognise and support marriage as meaning the exclusive and permanent union of one man and one woman. Read more... Taken Into Custody By Divorce - Jennifer Roback MorseMost Americans have made their peace with no-fault divorce, believing easy divorce to be an enhancement of individual liberty. Read more... Talking About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions - Maggie GallagherWhen their mothers and fathers don't get and stay married, bad things happen to more kids more often. Read more... Teddy Roosevelt’s Passion for Family Life Outranked Every Other - William Mattox Jr.Teddy Roosevelt — a big-game hunter who pioneered the National Park system, built the Panama Canal, and won the Nobel Prize for Peace — packed "more into one life than any ten men of average metabolism." What many commentators fail to notice about this man of noble passions is that his greatest passion was his family. Read more... The bride who was groomed for a career - Lee SinghGrowing up, I wish I'd heard more about the roles of wife and mother. An Ivy League mom's lament. Read more... The Case Against "Same-Sex Marriage" - Margaret SomervilleThis is a brief presented on April 29th, 2003 before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Canada. Margaret Somerville is Samuel Gale Professor of Law and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University's Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law. Read more... The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage - Tim LeslieAssemblyman Tim Leslie offers a compelling argument against same-sex marriage... and has the data to back it up. Read more... The End of Marriage in Scandinavia - Stanley KurtzMarriage is slowly dying in Scandinavia. A majority of children in Sweden and Norway are born out of wedlock. Sixty percent of first-born children in Denmark have unmarried parents. Not coincidentally, these countries have had something close to full gay marriage for a decade or more. Read more... The Evolution of Divorce - W. Bradford WilcoxDivorce rates are dropping for the wealthy and the highly educated, but rising steadily among the poor. How did we end up with a class-based divorce divide? And what can be done to strengthen marriage in America? Read more... The Family and the Constitution - DAVID WAGNERThe family occupies a precarious position in the liberal democracies of today. Read more... The Family is the Key to the Future of Faith - Mary EberstadtNo institution can be counted upon to provide such operatic drama as the Catholic Church. Read more... The Knot That Can’t Be Tied: Secular, Natural and Sacramental Marriage - Mark LoweryMan’s sexual energies are of extraordinary power and complexity. Is this energy something we can use however we wish, or is there some objective standard to which this energy should be conformed? The Western tradition, like many other traditions, has consistently held that there is such an objective standard, and it is the reality called “marriage.” Read more... The Latest War Against Marriage - Maggie GallagherToday thanks to a myriad of sociological studies showing that men, women, and children are better off, not worse off, in committed two-parent families, the campaign against marriage has metamorphosed once again. Increasingly unable to make the case for the sexually liberated single life or the superiority of the single-parent household, the antimarriage warriors now celebrate what they call “family diversity.” Read more... The Law of the Gift: Understanding the Two Sides of Love - Edward SriHow does a person know if he is in a relationship of authentic, committed love or just in another disappointing romance that will not stand the test of time? Read more... The Magnificence of Marriage - MITCHELL KALPAKGIANThe prominent theme in Marriage is that Christian matrimony demands the highest, the best, and the noblest for both man and woman-not the lowest common denominator. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [>>] Related Categories:
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