Tag Archives: marriage

Treasure trove of new research on the family

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Tweet   Those interested in family policy have an embarrassment of riches in new research reports issued over the last few months. Brad Wilcox of the University of Virginia, probably the premier family scholar in the United States, has updated … Continue reading →

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One more hidden cost of welfare?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Tweet   As we’ve noted before, government welfare programs generally carry a hidden cost beyond that paid by taxpayers – a cost paid by the recipients, in whom dependency and a loss of independence are fostered. An interesting new study … Continue reading →

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Is it bigotry to support traditional marriage?

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Tweet   The most prominent theme in same-sex marriage advocacy is that opposition to gay marriage is bigotry. The charge is inherent in the idea that redefining marriage is a civil rights imperative and that those who resist are on … Continue reading →

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Suburbs Emptied of Children?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Tweet USA Today ran an interesting article (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-06-03-fewer-children-census-suburbs_n.htm) pointing out one of the findings from the new Census data being released: “Children, the mainstay of suburbia and residential neighborhoods across the nation for more than a half-century, are fewer and … Continue reading →

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What ‘equal marriage’ advocates don’t seem to get

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

Tweet Two California gay couples recently scored a victory in federal district court in the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger. The case, which is now in appeal, is based on the argument that Proposition 8 violates the Equal Protection and … Continue reading →

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