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Home: Current Issues: Marriage and Family: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Marriage and Family: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Struggle Over Marriage - Robert P. GeorgeRecently, the editor of Public Discourse sat down with Robert P. George to discuss the state of the marriage debate. While supporters of same-sex “marriage” claim that history is on their side, it turns out that supporters of traditional marriage have more reasons for hope than they may realize. Read more... The Top Ten Myths of Divorce - David PopenoeA discussion of the most common misinformation about divorce. Read more... The Top Ten Myths of Marriage - David PopenoeA discussion of the most common misinformation about marriage. Read more... The True Meaning of Marriage - Archbishop Timothy Michael DolanThe stampede is on. Our elected senators who have stood courageous in their refusal to capitulate on the state's presumption to redefine marriage are reporting unrelenting pressure to cave-in. Read more... The Unitive and Procreative Dimensions of Conjugal Love - FATHER WILLIAM SAUNDERSRecall that in two previous issues, we have examined our belief concerning the sacrament of marriage and the beautiful expression of marital love, which is both unitive and procreative. Read more... Together and in Love - Michaelann MartinWe have learned that it is so important to keep our marriage alive and well. Just as we feed our souls with prayer and our bodies with food, so too we need to feed our marriage. Read more... Truly priceless St. Valentine's Day gifts - Rick Fitzgibbons, M.D.Based on working with thousands of couples over the past 34 years, I would like to offer suggestions for priceless gifts that you can give to your spouse this Valentine's Day. These are the gifts of virtues that will strengthen your personality, marriage, children and society. Read more... Unhappily Ever After - KAREN S. PETERSONSeventy-eight-year-old psychologist Judith Wallerstein does not look like a rebel. Read more... Virtue and The Art of Living - Edward P. SriI’ll never forget the instructor’s last words: "And if you happen to fall out of your kayak, don’t try to stand up in the river." Read more... Wars of the Ring - Daniel CereThe familiar way of marriage as a 'bridge' between a man and woman is now the focus of intense legal scrutiny and controversy. An inevitable 'war of the ring' has been looming on the horizon for the last decade. Now the war has broken out; and those committed to the heterosexuality of the marriage bond appear to be confused, ill-prepared, and in retreat. Read more... What is Marriage? - Robert George, Sherif Girgis, & Ryan T. AndersonMarriage understood as the conjugal union of husband and wife really serves the good of children, the good of spouses, and the common good of society. The arguments against this view fail while the arguments for it succeed. Read more... Where Have The Good Men Gone? - Kay S. HymowitzNot so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a high-school diploma, financial independence, marriage and children. Read more... Where in the World Is Octodad? - Kay HymowitzWhere is Octodad? Surely Ms. Suleman's babies have a father. Yet his role in the baby-palooza is barely mentioned. Read more... Who's Your Daddy? - W. Bradford WilcoxThere's more to fatherhood than donating DNA. Read more... Why I never should have had eight children - Leila MillerI'm going to tell you why I never should have had eight children. Read more... Why Marriage Is Good for You - Maggie GallagherRecently, I had the opportunity to review the scientific evidence on the consequences of marriage for adults. What I found surprised me. Quietly, with little fanfare, a broad and deep body of scientific literature has been accumulating that affirms what Genesis teaches: it is not good for man to be alone — no, nor woman neither. In virtually every way that social scientists can measure, married people do much better than the unmarried or divorced: they live longer, healthier, happier, sexier, and more affluent lives. Read more... Why Not Gay Marriage? An Exchange - Catholic World ReportHow should Catholics argue the case against legal recognition of same-sex "marriage?" Read more... Why the world needs a renewed culture of marriage - Alan C. CarlsonThose who seek to deconstruct marriage today are, it is true, more clever than their predecessors. Their promises are more seductive. And they sometimes seem unstoppable. However, I am confident that they too will fail. Read more... Would Jesus Defend Marriage? - Colleen Carroll CampbellIt was a controversy tailor-made for the TV cameras: A lesbian couple in the liberal bastion of Boulder, Colorado, had enrolled their children in a Catholic parish school, only to see those children denied re-enrollment once the parish priest learned of their home situation. Read more... Yes, Jennifer, men still matter - Colleen Carroll CampbellIt's been a mean summer for men. Read more... ‘Gay Marriage,’ Libertarians, and Civil Rights - George WeigelUntangling several confusions. Read more... Related Categories:
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