by Carolyn Moynihan
US Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was accused by ex-wife number two last week of wanting, at one stage, an “open marriage” in order to accommodate an affair he was having with present wife (number three). The New York Times has rounded up some experts to discuss the merits of such arangements. Brad Wilcox of the National Marriage Project, who can be relied on for common sense and objectivity, says: Read more…
by Carolyn Moynihan
Here’s a question of special relevance to regions where there is a high incidence of HIV/AIDS — in particular, sub-Saharan Africa: Does marriage protect a person against the disease? An editorial published in the official Zimbabwean newspaper, The Herald, this week scoffs at the idea, saying, “Nothing could be further from the truth.” Read more…
By W. Bradford Wilcox
Now Available as an E-Book!
Scholarly evidence continues to point to the enormous benefits of marriage to couples, children, and the society. Released by a group of eighteen family scholars, the latest edition of Why Marriage Matters offers important new findings from the social sciences on the state of marriage in the United States, including why recent increases in cohabitation and family instability pose a risk to children. Read more…
by Maggie Gallagher
August 23, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/08/3761
Presidential candidates in the next election should uphold marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
The mainstream media have labeled marriage the “hottest front in the culture war.” Much to the media’s surprise, several of the GOP candidates have already signed the National Organization of Marriage’s (NOM) Marriage Pledge. They were surprised by major candidates’ willingness to sign NOM’s pledge because this was supposed to be the year the social issues did not matter. Read more…
November 30th, 2011
Betsy
Have you ever said this?
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“I know what I believe but I can’t explain it.”
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“It seems like we are losing. Are we on the wrong side of history?”
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“My church teaches that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what do I say to people who don’t believe in God?”
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“I can tell that the marriage issue is really important, but I can’t convince my friends that this is urgent. Even my friends who agree with me!”
Then this Defending Marriage CD is just right for you! To read more and to order a copy, click here. As an added bonus, those who donate $100 or more to the Ruth Institute between now and Christmas, will receive this CD for free, as our thank you gift to you.
November 25th, 2011
Betsy
By KATHERINE ROSMAN
An invaluable source of DIY marital therapy is spending a little time in the presence of what I classify as “epic marriages”—those whose length seems to have intensified not merely the love but the camaraderie between the husband and wife.
November 23rd, 2011
Ginny
The Catholic Bishops of Maryland have issued a statement, “The Most Sacred of All Property: Religious Freedom and the People of Maryland.”
Despite its title, the principles it lays out and the examples it uses are applicable to the entire United States. People of all faiths, not just Catholics, will find it a helpful defense when faced with marriage and family issues.
Read it here.
Categories: Catholic Church, ethics, Health Care, Marriage Redefinition, Politics & Marriage, Religion, Social Services Tags: Catholic Church, ethics, Health Care, Marriage, Political Correctness
November 17th, 2011
Betsy
By Nicole Kay
Shortly after arriving Friday night, I was pleased to be able to address the entire conference of 250+ students and tell them about the Ruth Institute’s work supporting young adults. I told them about the mission of the Ruth Institute and about the Emerging Leaders program. Read more…
November 17th, 2011
Betsy
Learning from the demographics. (From nationalreview.com.)
Last week, when reviewing some of the family talk on the campaign trail, I mentioned a new study co-authored by Brad Wilcox called The Sustainable Demographic Dividend. As many National Review Online readers know, W. Bradford Wilcox is director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. He is also the president of Demographic Intelligence, the premier provider of U.S. fertility forecasts and fertility analytics for companies in the financial-services, food, household-products, insurance, juvenile-products, medical, and retail sectors. He talks to National Review Online about what exactly fertility and marriage have to do with the economy. –KJL Read more…
November 17th, 2011
Betsy
What is marriage? Are a man and a woman really essential to marriage? What about the child … and the role of mothers and fathers? Is it discriminatory to defend marriage as the union of one man and one woman? What impact does the redefinition of marriage have on religious liberty? Read more…
November 12th, 2011
Ginny
From the National Center for Policy Analysis:
Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is most often discussed in terms of its effects on health insurance and medical care costs, the ACA will have numerous effects in various facets of American society. Specifically, its financial and taxing system will create incentives that perhaps the authors of the bill did not foresee, including that the average American worker will be discouraged from marrying and working in a wide range of circumstances, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute. [emphasis added] Read more…
November 10th, 2011
Betsy
by Alan F. H. Wisdom
In ancient times, there was an option for a man who desired a regular sex partner but did not wish to marry her. He could take a low-status woman as a concubine. He could enjoy her company as long as it pleased him, and he could dismiss her at any time. The man made no promises and signed no contract; consequently, the concubine had few legal protections. Any children that she bore would have an inferior legal status. Read more…
by Charles Capps, Stanford alumnus and co-founder of the Anscombe Society at Stanford University
November 9, 2011
Last weekend, a group of students and young professionals converged on Provo, Utah, for the second annual Strengthening the Family conference, put on by Students for the Family. The conference planners selected a timely theme—“Engaging Issues with Courage and Civility.” Anyone who reads the news knows that, when it comes to current debates about marriage and the family, civility is in short supply. This makes courage in speaking the truth about these issues difficult but crucial. [Editor's note: The Ruth Institute was one of the sponsors for this conference.] Read more…
W. Bradford Wilcox, who consults on U.S. demographics, is the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
The long-term fortunes of the modern economy depend in part on the strength and sustainability of the family, both in relation to fertility trends and to marriage trends. This basic, but often overlooked, principle is now at work in the current global economic crisis. Read more…
by Jim Tonkowich, Oxford House Research
ene Simmons, lead singer of the rock group KISS, recently married former Playboy model Shannon Tweed. It was billed as “the rock-and-roll wedding of the year” and the climax of the couple’s reality television show, “Gene Simmons Family Jewels.” (Wedding merchandise is available here.) Simmons and Tweed tied the knot and went off on their honeymoon after cohabitating for 28 years and raising two children, Nick (age 22) and Sophie (age 19). Read more…
by Maggie Gallagher
October 20, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/10/4164
The decline of manhood and norms around sex, marriage, and family produces for young women what may in fact have to be endured. But it shouldn’t be celebrated.
In the cover story of the November Atlantic magazine, Kate Bolick declares her liberation from marriage: “It’s time to embrace new ideas about romance and family–and to acknowledge the end of ‘traditional’ marriage as society’s highest ideal.” Read more…
by Carolyn Moynihan
Divorce, a major contributor to unhappiness and social disorder, is happening much more than it ought to — much more than even the spouses involved even want — according to a new report from the Institute for American Values.
Some 40 per cent of US couples already well into the divorce process say that one or both of them are interested in the possibility of reconciliation. Read more…
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