By: Maggie Gallagher
Former Georgia Chief Justice Leah Sears (on the short list for Obama appointments to the Supreme Court) and family relations professor William Doherty have teamed up to produce what they call, without irony, a modest proposal to reduce “unnecessary divorce”: the Second Chances Act. (more…)
President Obama is apparently tired of pretending he opposes gay marriage. Good.
Good, because lying to the American people is always wrong, and because now the American people will have a clear choice: a president who supports gay marriage, or a president who sides with the majority of the American people, including 61 percent of North Carolinians. (more…)
by Maggie Gallagher
This article was first published at TheManilaTimes.net on August 18, 2011.
The kids are not doing just fine.
The Institute for American Values’ new updated report, “Why Marriage Matters: 30 Conclusions From the Social Sciences,” is signed by an impressive list of family scholars ranging from professor John Gottman to professor Brad Wilcox. It concludes: (more…)
October 20, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.
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.” (more…)
This article was first published August 23, 2011, at thepublicdiscourse.
Presidential candidates in the next election should uphold marriage as the union of one man and one woman. (more…)
