Marriage & Family

The Mission of Marriage

by Mary C. Tillotson July 26, 2012

So your old roommate’s in seminary and your sister just made first vows, and you’re feeling a little guilty getting excited for your wedding. Marriage isn’t exactly a straightforward regimen toward holiness (you do get to have sex, after all)…

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Does It Really Make a Difference Who Raises the Kids?

by Dale O'Leary July 25, 2012

Estimates of the number of children in the United States alone being raised by same-sex couples run to many millions. In the interests of these children we need to know how happy they are and how they are turning out.…

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Making Babies: A Very Different Look at Natural Family Planning

by H. W. Crocker III July 9, 2012

Natural family planning (NFP) needs a slogan, because as a “product”—if I might adopt business-speak—it’s not selling too well. According to some surveys, about 90 percent of professed Catholics reject the Church’s teaching on birth control. Even among priests, fewer…

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Will Same-Sex Marriage Boost Surrogacy?

by Michael Cook July 3, 2012

The new government of French President Francois Hollande has announced that it will move soon to legalise same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption. With pressure building up in countries like the US, Australia and the UK, perhaps it is time to…

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Ground Zero in the Battle for Marriage

by Paul Benjamin Linton June 22, 2012

Illinois is now “ground zero” in the ongoing battle to preserve traditional marriage. On May 30, 2012, the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., filed separate lawsuits in the Cook County Circuit Court (which…

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Homosexual or Not: Does it Matter Who Raises the Kids?

by Ana Samuel June 19, 2012

The widely circulated claim that parents engaged in same-sex relationships do just as well as other parents at raising children—a claim widely known today as the “no differences” thesis—is not settled science. Two new peer-reviewed studies released this week by…

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The Bride Who Was Groomed for a Career

by Lea Singh June 14, 2012

Recently, a possibly tragic event took place: a highly educated young woman I know got married. Radiant in her delicate lace dress, full of joy and optimism about the future, this blushing bride was not yet aware of the reality…

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I Me Wed: The Self-Marriage Contradiction

by Patti Maguire Armstrong June 12, 2012

“Until death do us part” is becoming “until death do I part,” as one more way to undermine the sacredness of marriage. In a traditional marriage, selfishness is the kiss of death, but in a self-centered society that kind of…

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“Dear Married Couples,…”

by CE Editor June 11, 2012

All people of good will who cherish the sanctity of marriage are urged to read the following excerpt from Pope Benedict’s June 3rd homily at the 7th World Meeting of Families:
It is not only the Church that is called…

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U.S. Soldiers Used to Promote Same Sex Marriage?

by Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. June 8, 2012

In a previous post I reported the Obama administration’s new policy of using US government agencies to promote particularly divisive version of the homosexual agenda around the world and wondered if they would use American soldiers to this end.  If …

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