Marriage & Family

Same-Sex Marriage Ten Years On: Lessons from Canada

by Bradley Miller November 9, 2012

The effects of same-sex civil marriage in Canada–restrictions on free speech rights, parental rights in education, and autonomy rights of religious institutions, along with a weakening of the marriage culture–provide lessons for the United States.
Would recognizing same-sex relationships as…

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Discovering the Value of Home

by Carolyn Moynihan November 7, 2012

Italians are, famously, attached to their family, and the European economic crisis affecting their country has given them even more reason to turn to home for support. Recent research shows that a third of adult Italians – and more than…

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The Inexorable Marriage Slide

by Paul Wilson November 2, 2012

As St. Augustine wisely noted over 1,500 years ago, Christian society and secular society – which the saint termed the “city of God” and the “city of man” – are in constant conflict with one another. Perhaps nowhere is the…

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Men Don’t Mother

by Jenet Erickson October 31, 2012

There’s been a strange turn of opinions about fatherhood–at least in recent public debates. Decades of research have now documented the tremendous challenges children face when they grow up without their fathers. But you would never know it by looking…

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When Marriage Is Hard

by Hallie Lord October 22, 2012

When life gets messy, I’m generally more encouraged by catching glimpses of loveliness than I am by sharing war stories. That’s just me. One way this manifests in my life is in the content of my blog. It’s more sunshine…

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Same Sex Parenting: Can We Honestly Pursue Truth?

by Dr. Joseph Horton October 4, 2012

When discussing the possible effects on children of being raised by same-sex parents, I have told my students that the best evidence we have is that there are no negative effects. I also tell them that the best evidence we…

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Polygamists and Sexual Rights

by Wendy Wright September 24, 2012

Marriage advocates warn that same-sex marriage will lead to polygamy. Lest we forget why polygamy is not a good thing, this article shows how it degrades women and the marriage bond.
Polygamy Throttles Women in Senegal
This comment, however, should…

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European Court to Decide If Lesbian Adoption Trumps a Father’s Rights

by Wendy Wright September 21, 2012

Europe’s highest court on human rights will decide if a lesbian can adopt her partner’s child, in this case stripping the father of his parental rights to his son.
The case is very simple according to Gregor Puppinck of the…

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Why Catholic Women Use Contraception

by Carolyn Moynihan September 20, 2012

Back in February this year, when the battle between religious leaders and the Obama administration over the latter’s contraceptive mandate reached a new pitch of intensity, the White House defended its policy by alleging that 98 per cent of Catholic…

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Why California’s Three-Parent Law Was Inevitable

by Jennifer Morse September 19, 2012

Can a child have three parents? If California State Senator Mark Leno has his way, children in California will be able to have three legal parents. Before we dismiss SB 1476 as another example of California Weird, we had best…

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