Marriage & Family

My Hands Are Full

by Hallie Lord February 6, 2013

Pat phrases are part and parcel of casual conversation. It’s just how people are. We often chirrup, like birds, and what comes out of our mouths isn’t necessarily valid and that’s okay, for the most part. Because I’m aware of…

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The Marriage Debate: the Nature of Things

by George Weigel February 1, 2013

Cardinal Francis George of Chicago is, arguably, the most intellectually accomplished bishop in the history of the American episcopate. Earlier this year, when the Illinois Legislature began to consider changing state law to “accommodate those of the same sex who…

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Gender on Trial

by Russell Shaw January 25, 2013

Defenders of traditional marriage may not believe it, but the Supreme Court’s apparent intention to decide two important same-sex marriage cases by midyear may be a stroke of good fortune for their side.
This timing means the Supreme Court’s first…

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Which Is To Be Master?

by Fr. George W. Rutler January 24, 2013

Connecting with people you’d like to have known is a nice hobby, and I can claim to be just three handshakes from Abraham Lincoln and only five from George Washington.
Recently at the opera, I put several people three handshakes…

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The Marriage Debate II: What States Really Can’t Do

by George Weigel January 21, 2013

In his acute analysis of the character and institutions of the United States, “Democracy in America,” Alexis de Tocqueville, a 19th-century French liberal, stressed the importance of what we call “civil society.” American democracy, Tocqueville understood, wasn’t just a matter…

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Here’s What Will Happen if Marriage is Redefined…

by Jennifer Morse January 18, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following are the prepared remarks given by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. on January 15, 2013 to the Rhode Island legislature during hearings on the proposed redefinition of marriage. It is provided by The Ruth Institute.
Almost two…

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Faith Under Fire: An Unexpected Protest Against Same Sex Marriage

by Gail Finke January 15, 2013

Editor’s Note: Faith Under Fire, Catholic Exchange’s series documenting increased hostilities against the Faith by the State, continues today with some eyebrow-raising observations by the irrepressible Gail Finke on the subject of same-sex marriage… 
Two remarkable protests against redefining marriage…

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The Pope Was Right All Along

by Russell Shaw January 11, 2013

The disruptive results for individuals and society spawned by the revolution in attitudes and behavior regarding sex, marriage, family, and childbearing that erupted a half-century ago have become too obvious to ignore. These things were predictable–in fact, some people actually…

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The Marriage Debate 1: Confusions About ‘Equality’ and ‘Discrimination’

by George Weigel January 10, 2013

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments about the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 guarantees that the debate over marriage will be at the forefront of American public life for the foreseeable…

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The Essential Role of the Father

by Fr. Ed Broom January 9, 2013

Divorce rates skyrocketing; adultery rampant; non-married cohabitating couples; children abandoned by their fathers or mothers; “same-sex unions” adopting children and calling this the “modern family”; pornography invading homes, leading to powerful addictions and total alienation from other members of the…

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