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Are Unmarried Births Really Declining?
By   |   09.04.14
Thankfully, this is exactly what it looks like’s happening. Regarding out of wedlock births, a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics finds the following: Steepest Decline Since 1940: Unmarried child-bearing has declined at its steepest and most...
Hey, Kid, Put Down that Tablet
By   |   08.22.14
Parents seeking to restrict their children’s access to cell phones, tablets and electronic games have a surprising ally.
Abandoning Marriage is a Marxist Idea, Not Libertarian
08.20.14
Political junkies will remember how former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was being groomed to run for president in 2012 before he made his foolish statement that the next president should "call a truce on the so-called social issues."
Flash: Christians Actually Far Less Likely to Divorce
By   |   08.19.14
This is a game-changer. Talk about “an old wives’ tale.” You’ve heard it said that 1) 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce, 2) most marriages that do happen to make it are, nonetheless, unhappy, and 3) Christians are...
Federal Courts to Consider a “Fundamental Right to Marry” Anybody
By Micah Clark   |   08.06.14
This week, a three-member panel from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio is looking at state marriage laws and voter approved marriage protection amendments in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. Later this month a panel of...
Gambling, Drugs, and Odd Political Bedfellows
By John Stonestreet   |   08.06.14
What do legalized gambling and legalized pot have in common? They fill government coffers and fuel social pathologies -- all in the name of personal freedom. I’ll explain...
Why I Don’t Use Contraception
07.28.14
I converted to Roman Catholicism almost a decade ago. At the time, nobody was talking about wars on women, so when I read about Catholic prohibitions on birth control, I naively supposed that most Catholic women actually followed the Church’s teachings on birth control. It’s right there in the Catechism, after all. Reading some books on the subject, I decided there was a lot of merit in this idea about the contraceptive-free life. My husband and I (both Catholic converts) gave it a go.
When Marriage Was a Religious Matter and the State Was Out of It
By Micah Clark   |   07.23.14
From time to time, I hear the claim that “the problem with this whole marriage debate raging across America is all because the state is involved in marriage.”  Some will even claim that the only reasons states created marriage licenses...
Does New Research Prove Kids Do Better with Gay Parents?
By   |   07.15.14
A new study from the University of Melbourne in Australia on how kids from same-sex homes fare is getting a good deal of press. Perhaps you’ve seen the news stories and wondered if this changes the nature of the debate...
Is Same-Sex Parenting Better for Kids? The New Australian Study Can’t Tell Us
07.09.14
The Australian Study of Child Health in Same-Sex Families has been getting copious positive press coverage. Unfortunately, it has some serious methodological weaknesses—it studies only the lives and experiences of the LGBT elite.
When the Transgender Issue Comes Home
07.08.14
A close friend called to tell me that I had a new brother. After nearly 20 years as four sons and one daughter, my family scratched another tally mark in the ledger column already chock-full of boys. “Have you heard about Jessah?” she asked. “She just announced on Facebook that she’s transgender.”
Men Without Chests and the Women Who Love Them
By   |   07.05.14
The world will soon belong to the men without chests. As it is, many of the first-world nations are already steered by such men, including America herself. Britain, France, Iraq, Spain, and our own United States are all run by men without chests. Looking at Congress, the courts, and the heads of Industry, this epidemic is not confined to the walls of the White House either.
In the New America, We Will Say ‘Yes to Condoms’ and ‘No to Lipitor’
By Micah Clark   |   07.02.14
Millions of Americans have lost their insurance and many are now learning that the doctors they had are retiring early or moving to specialty practices as a consequence of Obamacare.  Many Americans are also realizing that under Obamacare and the...
Court Rules Marriage Must Be Redefined Under 14th Amendment. Why That’s Wrong.
06.26.14
This week the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on Utah’s marriage amendment. This is the first time a circuit court has ruled on marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) this time last year. In a 2-1 split decision, the 10th circuit ruled that Utah’s marriage amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Are All Young People as Ignorant as the Mainstream Press Suggests
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.23.14
It serves the strategic purposes of the Left to lead the public to believe that there exists no one under 40 who believes marriage is inherently sexually complementary and who believes that volitional homosexual activity is always immoral. Recognizing the...
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