Marriage & Family

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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Is Same Sex Marriage Inevitable?

by Rebecca Ryskind Teti June 6, 2012

Is legal recognition of same-sex marriage inevitable?
President Obama’s endorsement last month has some folks speaking as if it were.
The success of a marriage referendum in North Carolina the previous day–the 31st consecutive win for one-man, one-woman marriage when…

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Cuba Backing Same Sex Marriage?

by Dr. Paul Kengor June 5, 2012

I was recently contacted by Ben Johnson of LifeSiteNews, who told me of a fascinating development.He informed me of a curious fan of President Obama’s advocacy of gay marriage: Mariela Castro, niece of ailing and aging Cuban tyrant, Fidel Castro,…

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Thriving Through the Seasons

by Hallie Lord June 4, 2012

My life is a story of seasons; of traveling in and out of times of want and of plenty. Having been pregnant five times over the last decade it could be argued that–physically-speaking–the emphasis has been on want. Five pregnancies,…

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An Unknown Unknown For Same Sex Marriage Supporters

by Michael Cook May 30, 2012

If we are in the middle of a culture war over gay marriage, why not take advice from someone who knows about combat, former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld? Long after he left the scene, people are still quoting…

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Why We Will Lose the Same-Sex Marriage Fight

by Devin Rose May 29, 2012

We are going to lose the same-sex marriage battle.
We’re going to lose because we have cut ourselves loose from the pier a long time ago and are adrift in the sea, with no compass, no sail, no oar, and…

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The Constitution Doesn’t Settle the Marriage Debate

by Robert P. George May 24, 2012

Constitutional scholar and lawyer Robert P. George recently presented an oral argument in one of the cases considering the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which allows each state to determine for itself the definition of…

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“Catholic” Theologians Blast Bishops for Opposing Gay “Marriage”

by Matthew Archbold May 18, 2012

A group of “Catholic” theologians are quoted in today’s online magazine The Daily Beast excoriating the bishops for upholding the Catholic Church’s teaching on same-sex “marriage.” Some even go so far as to advocate gay “marriage” not only as a…

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