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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; fathers</title>
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		<title>It Takes a Family to Raise a Village</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/07/it-takes-a-family-to-raise-a-village/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/07/it-takes-a-family-to-raise-a-village/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[It Takes a Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproductive technologies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still more to come on this front, but ITAF&#8217;s closing lecture is featured in this week&#8217;s newsletter, so it&#8217;s up out of order. Dr J delivers the closing lecture (also entitled &#8220;It Takes a Family to Raise a Village&#8221;) at Ruth Institute&#8217;s summer student conference.  She traces the roles of marriage in society and gives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Puberty for girls</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/10/early-puberty-for-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/08/10/early-puberty-for-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fathers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatherless children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MSNBC had this article on the lowering age of sexual maturity among girls. This article tracks an overall decline in the age of breast development. It reminded me of a series of papers I&#8217;ve read about the declining age of first menstruation. This MSNBC article doesn&#8217;t report on this, and the factors may be somewhat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOM&#8217;s Summer of Marriage rally: Trenton, New Jersey</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/28/noms-summer-of-marriage-rally-trenton-new-jersey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/28/noms-summer-of-marriage-rally-trenton-new-jersey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NOM Summer Marriage Tour 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bishop of Trenton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Smith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(July 20, 2010) We&#8217;ve already podcasted Dr J&#8217;s talk from this rally, &#8220;Why Not Privatize Marriage?&#8220;  She also recorded two of the other speakers.  Bishop John Smith, the ninth bishop of Trenton, discussed how marriage compliments the uniqueness of men and women.  Jim White, former Supreme Director of the Knights of Columbus, encouraged civic participation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Takes a lot of Faith to Believe in Same-Sex Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/27/it-takes-a-lot-of-faith-to-believe-in-same-sex-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/27/it-takes-a-lot-of-faith-to-believe-in-same-sex-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NOM Summer Marriage Tour 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(July 21, 2010) Though NOM&#8217;s Summer Marriage Tour continues through August 15, Annapolis, Maryland is Dr J&#8217;s last stop.  Her final talk is entitled &#8220;It Takes a lot of Faith to Believe in Same-Sex Marriage.&#8221;  Listen below or at our podcast page. Annapolis, Maryland]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on my trip to Macy&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/03/reflections-on-my-trip-to-macys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/03/reflections-on-my-trip-to-macys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fathers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday my husband and I took our three children, ages 5, 2.5, and 3 months, with us to Macy&#8217;s to find a wedding gift for my husband&#8217;s sister. A helpful clerk, an older woman named Marjorie, spotted me looking around for a place to print a registry and immediately jumped to my aid. She walked me to the computer, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parenting and Thought Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/parenting-and-thought-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/parenting-and-thought-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fathers' Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Correctness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[family courts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family law Judges are famous for their truly disgusting rulings.  But no matter how low they sink into the muck, they continuously find a way to achieve new lows of tyranny and immorality. Witness this case: The court order said that “Father to be in individual counseling to address issues with a male therapist regarding [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Privatizing Marriage? Part 1. Marriage Equality is Impossible</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/privatizing-marriage-part-1-marriage-equality-is-impossible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/privatizing-marriage-part-1-marriage-equality-is-impossible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 1. in a series of responses to a question posed by a student. No one contract can treat same sex couples and opposite sex couples identically. (Warning: this post is long! But Worth the effort if I do say so myself!) 1. If you believed that it is not possible for the government to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I called it: ART threatens marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/29/i-called-it-art-threatens-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/29/i-called-it-art-threatens-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=3003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just this past weekend, I told the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers that the use of Artificial Reproductive Technology is the newest threat to marriage as the lifelong fruitful union of a man and a woman. I argued that the very existence of the ART option is distorting women&#8217;s marriage decisions. They believe [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>MSNBC: Kids Don’t Need Fathers</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/11/msnbc-kids-don%e2%80%99t-need-fathers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/11/msnbc-kids-don%e2%80%99t-need-fathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Father&#8217;s Day going to become obsolete? I guess those for whom it is actually celebrated are a dying breed. By Van Helsing Father&#8217;s Day is coming up a week from Sunday. MSNBC has begun to honor it already — by proclaiming that fathers are needed only for their sperm: Being raised by a same-sex [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>3 Really Pernicious Messages behind the “Lesbians Make Better Parents” Story line</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/11/3-really-pernicious-messages-behind-the-%e2%80%9clesbians-make-better-parents%e2%80%9d-story-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/11/3-really-pernicious-messages-behind-the-%e2%80%9clesbians-make-better-parents%e2%80%9d-story-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post dealt with the sampling and reporting problems associated with the latest study purporting to show that the children of lesbians are doing just fine. The fact is, that the study claims that the children of lesbians are doing better in every dimension than the children in the general population. The underlying message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theodore Dalrymple on Fatherlessness</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/10/theodore-dalrymple-on-fatherlessness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/10/theodore-dalrymple-on-fatherlessness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fathers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The great Theodore Dalrymple takes on the issue of fatherlessness.  Contrary to the promises of those who would redefine marriage out of existence, every indication is that mass fatherlessness leads to a world of Hobbesian horror, not of Kumbaya love and happiness.  (Emphasis added). The worst child abusers in the country have been successive British [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>75</slash:comments>
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		<title>Empathy and fatherhood</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/03/empathy-and-fatherhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/03/empathy-and-fatherhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlemagne1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. J. discussed a decline in empathy over time in this post.  She discussed several possible causes of this decline. I propose to add one more possible contributing factor&#8211; a decline in the influence of fathers.  David Popenoe in has book Life without Father: Compelling New Evidence That Fatherhood and Marriage Are Indispensable for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much do dads need to help at home?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/19/how-much-do-dads-need-to-help-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/19/how-much-do-dads-need-to-help-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 23:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article states that mothers who stay at home, stay married more often than those who don&#8217;t. The stats for divorce and working mothers is highter. Interesting. Couples where the husband helps out, especially with the kids, have an even better chance of staying together. by Carolyn Moynihan Four jobs a week. Honestly, guys, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Superfluous Man</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/06/the-superfluous-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/06/the-superfluous-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This hard-hitting editorial makes many of the points I&#8217;ve been making: the combination of feminism and the welfare state is making fathers a thing of the past. The UK is further along this path than we are, but we could go this route, if we aren&#8217;t careful. Men from the employable and educated classes are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m the Only Daddy You Got! I’m the Paterfamilias!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/19/i%e2%80%99m-the-only-daddy-you-got-i%e2%80%99m-the-paterfamilias/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/19/i%e2%80%99m-the-only-daddy-you-got-i%e2%80%99m-the-paterfamilias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article by a Ruth Institute Academic Advisory Board Member. By Jennifer Lahl, CBC National Director Newsweek recently reported a story about a 51-year-old man, who between 1980 and 1994 donated his sperm twice a week in order to make cash for medical school and to nurture his altruistic desires to help infertile women. Kirk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Miami, the Son also Rises</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/16/in-miami-the-son-also-rises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/16/in-miami-the-son-also-rises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such a nice article. I did see the Superbowl, as I&#8217;m sure many of you did too. The very end when winning quarterback Drew Brees held up his son was truly the highlight. Seeing a picture of it even now brings tears to my eyes. This article is a great perspective on the significance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘I was never your father’ &#8211; DNA testing and what it can do to children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/02/%e2%80%98i-was-never-your-father%e2%80%99-dna-testing-and-what-it-can-do-to-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/02/%e2%80%98i-was-never-your-father%e2%80%99-dna-testing-and-what-it-can-do-to-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet.com We are used to the sad stories of children who have never known their fathers, and of those whose fathers become estranged through divorce; but there are a growing number of children who risk losing the only father they have ever known because he discovers he is not their father after all. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Grade Isn&#8217;t About Race. It&#8217;s About Parents.</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/21/making-the-grade-isnt-about-race-its-about-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick Welsh, Washington Post &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you guys study like the kids from Africa?&#8221; In a moment of exasperation last spring, I asked that question to a virtually all-black class of 12th-graders who had done horribly on a test I had just given. A kid who seldom came to class &#8212; and was constantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has the American Family Court System Become Totalitarian?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/12/has-the-american-family-court-system-become-totalitarian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. IN 2007, THE MEDIA HAD A FEEDING FRENZY around a voice-mail message actor Alec Baldwin left his daughter. He screamed at her for not answering her phone. The public was shocked: many assumed that he was yet another self-absorbed celebrity, with neither control over himself nor regard for his daughter. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Improved Disposable Father</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/06/06/new-improved-disposable-father/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dr Jennifer Roback Morse Britain and Canada are well ahead in the race to make fatherhood completely redundant. Last fall, I debated same-sex marriage at a university in Florida. I argued that treating same-sex unions identically with marriage would lead to marginalizing fathers from the family even more than they already are. At the [...]]]></description>
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