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Home: Current Issues: Marriage and Family: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Marriage and Family: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Opposition to Gay Marriage is Not Discrimination - Rabbi Aryeh SperoThe claim being made by advocates of gay marriage is that the ban of gay marriage is simply about prejudice. They are wrong. Read more... Prepare yourself for the 'Marriage Debate' - Catholic Civil Rights LeagueEach of us has a responsibility to give reasons for our beliefs. That same-sex relationships are not marriages can be understood and defended by rational people. We have summarized the debate into four strong arguments supporting marriage, four counter arguments to typical pro-homosexual "marriage" challenges, and four responses to red-herring arguments that do not illuminate the debate. Read more... Preserving Marriage in Substance, Not Just Name - Ryan T. AndersonShould the state treat marriages the same way it treats baptisms and bar mitzvahs -- as purely religious practices properly left to religious institutions? Read more... Protecting the Traditional Definition of Marriage in Canada - Stephen HarperCanadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper blasted the government of Canada in the House of Commons for its failure to protect marriage in what is being described as the best speech Harper has ever delivered. A motion to affirm the traditional heterosexual definition of marriage was defeated by a vote of 132-137 in large part because of the efforts of Catholic Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the lobbying of members of his caucus. Read more... Redefining Marriage Away - Robert P. George & David L. TubbsRedefining marriage will, of course, fundamentally change the posture of law and public policy toward the meaning and significance of human sexuality, procreation, and the bond between the sexes. Even more important, there are powerful reasons to fear that the proposed redefinition of marriage will destabilize and undermine this already battered institution. Read more... Redefining Religious Liberty - Maggie GallagherReligious liberty is a deeply American solution to a perennial problem. It means that every individual has a right to pursue ultimate meaning without coercion from the government. Read more... Resenting Chastity - Edward R. SriVirtue is not something simply lacking in the modern world. It is something many in the modern world actually resent. Read more... 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... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [>>] Related Categories:
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