Monthly Archives: January 2017
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EQUALITY? Dunedin father and daughter sentenced over incest
January 25, 2017
NZ Herald 25 January 2017 Family First Comment: If consenting loving adults means equality and we should be ‘free to love’, then here’s an interesting statement by the judge … “Judge Kevin Phillips said it...
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Ssshhh – Don’t mention family structure
January 25, 2017
NZ Herald 24 January 2017 | The New Zealand children who are least likely to be abused are those who live with their married biological parents. So says welfare commentator and researcher Lindsay Mitchell in...
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Editorial: Marriage is a dirty word?
January 25, 2017
NZ Herald 24 January 2017 Family First Comment: This editor needs to be promoted to editor of the NZ Herald. He actually reads reports with an open mind! Bob McCoskrie will be well used to...
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Each child conceived within marriage substantially decreases the odds that a couple will divorce
January 25, 2017
Child and Family Blog January 2017 Family First Comment: The reason? “The presence of children conceived within the marriage increases the value of the marriage, more so than the disruptive effect that children are known...
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Kiwis get divorced at the same rate whether they get hitched in a civil union or church wedding
January 10, 2017
NZ Herald 7 January 2017 Family First Comment: “Civil unions were really just a prelude to the arrival of same-sex marriages in New Zealand in 2013.” Yes – we knew that! Couples are just as...