Marriage - links
MARRIAGE: Miss Calif. in ad about ‘gay marriage’ consequences
May 1, 2009
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Understanding the Issue: The role of women in public life
Sep 10, 2008
Topic: Faith, Bible, Family, Marriage, Husbands, Wives, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Why We’re Happy - Arthur C. Brooks
Jun 17, 2008
Topic: Faith, Family, Living, Finances, Health, Marriage, Citizenship
Obama: Sermon on the Mount supports gay civil unions - Baptist Press
Mar 4, 2008
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Bible, Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Valuing Speech
Valuing Speech
Sunday, June 24, 2007
by George Will
WASHINGTON — Marriage is the foundation of the natural family and sustains family values. That sentence is inflammatory, perhaps even a hate crime.
At least it is in Oakland, Calif. That city’s government says those words italicized here constitute something akin to hate speech, and can be proscribed from the government’s open e-mail system and employee bulletin board.
Jun 30, 2007
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Religious Liberty
For Some Black Pastors, Accepting Gay Members Means Losing Others
When the Rev. Dennis Meredith of Tabernacle Baptist Church here began preaching acceptance of gay men and lesbians a few years ago, he attracted some gay people who were on the brink of suicide and some who had left the Baptist faith of their childhoods but wanted badly to return. At the same time, Tabernacle Baptist, an African-American congregation, lost many of its most loyal, generous parishioners, who could not accept a message that contradicted what they saw as the Bible’s condemnation of same-sex relations.
Mar 27, 2007
Topic: Faith, Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Cheerleading for Divorce
National Review
January 23, 2007, 6:00 a.m.
Cheerleading for Divorce
Socially irresponsible reporting.
By Jennifer Roback Morse
“51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse,” the New York Times trumpeted last week. Is this something to celebrate, as the paper of record seemed to do? And more importantly, is it even true?
There is certainly a trend away from marriage, but the numbers reported by the New York Times are deliberately misleading.
These data come from the American Community Survey for 2005, whose website is here. If you go directly to the simplest table, S1201, you will find, contra the NYT, that 51 percent of women are married. (Run your eye down the first column to the row which lists “females.” Scoot over to “Now married, (except separated).”) Voila! 51 percent of women are now married.
Jan 30, 2007
Topic: Family, Living, Marriage, Divorce/Remarriage, Pop Culture, Singles
Same-Sex Marriage Setback in Massachusetts
Massachusetts, the only state where same-sex marriage is legal, took a first step toward possibly banning it Tuesday when legislators voted to advance a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. The amendment now requires the approval of at least 50 legislators in another vote in the 2007-8 session. Then it would be placed on the November 2008 ballot as a referendum question.
Jan 4, 2007
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples
New Jersey’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that gay couples are entitled to the same legal rights and financial benefits as heterosexual couples, but ordered the Legislature to decide whether their unions must be called marriage or could be known by another name.
Oct 26, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
53% of Voters Say They Back Va. Same-Sex Marriage Ban
A majority of Virginians support a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and civil unions, although voters split on the measure when presented with interpretations of its potential impact, according to a new Washington Post poll.
Oct 17, 2006
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality