Marriage

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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How Online Dating Makes Commitment Harder

by Carolyn Moynihan January 24, 2013

The Atlantic magazine has an article arguing that online dating is undermining monogamy. Further undermining it, we should say, because the sexual mores that have devastated marriage go back four or five decades. But the writer makes a good case…

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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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How To Get The Man of Your Dreams

by Tamara Rajakariar January 17, 2013

Relationships have never been easy to navigate. In our highly sexualised culture, which insists on putting the self before others, they have become even more complicated. On top of this, most of the media push perspectives on relationships that are…

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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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Legislating Same-Sex Marriage: What’s At Stake?

by Francis Cardinal George, OMI January 7, 2013

Editor’s Note: the following first appeared in Chicago’s archdiocesan newspaper, Catholic New World, and is reprinted with kind permission. 
At the beginning of the New Year, 2013, a law is being proposed in the General Assembly [of the state of…

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Refined by Fire

by Hallie Lord January 4, 2013

If ever there was a romance that started off with a bang it was ours. It was love at first sight—the kind of love affair that many have trouble believing exists until they find themselves swept up in one of…

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