Tag Archives: marriage
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Bob McCoskrie: State has no authority to reinvent marriage
August 1, 2012
NZ Herald 1 August 2012 Stephen Rainbow (on this page yesterday) seems to make a plausible argument that allowing same-sex marriage will attract back to NZ same-sex couples who want to be married – until...
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Most women say ‘I do’ to husband’s name
July 20, 2012
The Age (Australia) 20 July 2012 Getting married any time soon? If you are a Victorian woman, chances are you’ll be changing your surname to your husband’s. Planning on having a baby? Chances are the...
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Chief Rabbi voices opposition to gay marriage (UK)
June 26, 2012
Telegraph 25 June 2012 Changing the law to allow same-sex marriage would undermine a “sacred institution” recognized since “time immemorial”, according to the Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks. In his only public statement on the subject...
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Made for Children – Why the institution of marriage has special status
June 12, 2012
Made for Children Why the institution of marriage has special status Iona Institute (Ireland) The marriage of a man and a woman has a special position in Irish society and in the Irish Constitution. It...
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21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters
June 12, 2012
21 REASONS WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS The National Marriage Coalition is a coalition of like minded organisations which believes that every child has a fundamental right to both a mother and a father. The best way...
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What is Marriage?
June 12, 2012WHAT IS MARRIAGE? SHERIF GIRGIS,* ROBERT P. GEORGE,** & RYAN T. ANDERSON*** * Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy, Princeton University. ** McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University. *** Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Notre...
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Cohabitation: An Alternative to Marriage?
June 11, 2012Cohabitation: An Alternative to Marriage? Dr John Hayward & Dr Guy Brandon – Jubilee Centre (June 2011) DOWNLOAD...
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162 Reasons to Marry
June 11, 2012162 Reasons to Marry Pat Fagan, Anne Dougherty, and Miriam McElvain: Marriage & Religion Research Institute (February 2012) DOWNLOAD...
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Judge warns against “Hello magazine” marriage
June 11, 2012UPI.com 13 March 2012 A study of more than a dozen different marriage education classes showed the programs help couples improve communication, U.S. researchers said. Dennis Stoica, president of Healthy Relationships California, said the survey...
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Elderly couple’s marriage tips video goes viral
June 11, 2012Telegraph (UK) 1 May 2012 A Couple together for 72 years give grandson five tips to surviving marriage. An elderly couple’s advice for their grandson Michael Bender and his new wife Sue on how to...
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Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles
June 11, 2012Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles The Witherspoon Institute Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles is the result of scholarly discussions that began in December, 2004 at a meeting in Princeton, New Jersey,...
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Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
June 11, 2012Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty Robert Rector – The Heritage Foundation (Sep 2010) Child poverty is an ongoing national concern, but few are aware that its principal cause is the absence of married...
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Bob McCoskrie: Gay community cannot redefine marriage
June 11, 2012
Dominion Post 26 October 2011 Deborah Russell says the state has no business in the marriage game, but then argues that the state should redefine marriage to allow same-sex marriage. Marriages are a matter of significant...
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The Scholarly Consensus on Marriage
June 10, 2012The Scholarly Consensus on Marriage Institute for American Values – Center for Marriage and Families (2006) http://www.americanvalues.org/pdfs/factsheet2.pdf...
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Marriage Facts
June 10, 2012Marriage Facts Monte Neil Stewart – President, Marriage Law Foundation.- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Do constitutional norms, particularly of equality and liberty, require the redefinition of marriage from the union of a...
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Differing Definitions of Marriage and Family
June 10, 2012DIFFERING DEFINITIONS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THOSE OFFERED BY EMERGING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ADVOCATES AND CLASSIC ANTHROPOLOGISTS Research and summary by Glenn T. Stanton, Director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the...
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Debate Needed To Understand Purpose of Marriage
June 6, 2012
Media Release 6 June 2012 Family First NZ says that the variation in recent results of same-sex marriage polls, and the influence of the question asked, simply highlights the need for a robust debate on...
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The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community
June 2, 2012
by Patrick F. Fagan – The Heritage Foundation March 17, 1995 Policymakers at last are coming to recognize the connection between the breakdown of American families and various social problems. The unfolding debate over welfare...
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Bob McCoskrie: Why Marriage matters in a violent society
June 2, 2012
NZ Herald 4th October 2006 When 14-year-old Ngatai Rewiti was sent to prison for throwing rocks onto the motorway at Otahuhu and killing a motorist, it was really just a short-term solution. It was a...
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The De-Institutionalization of Marriage: The Case of Sweden
June 2, 2012
By Allan C. Carlson, Ph.D.- President of The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society in Rockford, Illinois. February/ March 2006 The Swedish model of family policy sees the full equity feminist agenda as the...