The Supreme Court’s First Assault on Marriage

On 03.13.13, In Abortion, Cohabitation, contraception, Marriage, Single Mothers, Welfare State, By Betsy

by  , Senior Fellow and Director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute at the Family Research Council, and Ruth Institute Circle of Experts member.

This article was first published at The Public Discourse on March 11, 2013.

This year, the Supreme Court will render judgment on the institution of marriage. Though most of us don’t realize it, the Court first did so forty-one years ago in Eisenstadt v. Baird, a decision that gravely wounded marriage and set the nation on a course of gradual debilitation by ruling that states could not restrict the sale of contraceptives to unmarried people. (more…)

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The Wealth of Nations Depends on the Health of Families

On 02.06.13, In Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, Marriage, By Betsy

by Patrick Fagan

February 6th, 2013 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/02/7821/

Family, church, and school are the three basic people-forming institutions, and it is no wonder that they produce the best results–including economic and political ones–when they cooperate.

Even if all the market reforms of the Washington think tanks, the Wall Street Journal, and Forbes Magazine were enacted, we’d still need to kiss the Great American Economy goodbye. Below the level of economic policy lies a society that is producing fewer people capable of hard work, especially married men with children. As the retreat from marriage continues apace, there are fewer and fewer of these men, resulting in a slowly, permanently decelerating economy. (more…)

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Why is Government (and Society) Discouraging Childbearing?

On 12.10.12, In Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, Marriage, By Betsy

by Elizabeth Crnkovich

This article was first published December 10, 2012, at the Population Research Institute.

A recent Family in America conference in D.C. lays out the problem, and speaker Jennifer Roback Morse provides a solution.

Past generations of American pioneers, known for their openness to life, would not have believed it. They would be astonished to learn that, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, a woman’s fertility is not celebrated but discouraged. Women who marry early, leave the workforce, and devote themselves to the birthing and raising of children are not the norm. On the contrary, a woman is expected to pass her most fertile years acting like a man, building up a strong career, and making a lot of money. Only after she is thus “established” and has “enough money” is she allowed to start thinking about having children. (more…)

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A Little Girl Called ‘M.C.’

On 09.25.12, In Fathers' Rights, Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, Same Sex Marriage, same sex parenting, By Betsy

The Collateral Damage from Same-Sex Marriage

By Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

This article was first published September 25, 2012, at Break Point.org.

The policy proposal known as “same-sex marriage” is actually a proposal to redefine marriage. Instead of being a gender-based institution oriented toward the procreation of children and the good of the spouses, what is called “same-sex marriage” makes marriage into a genderless institution, oriented toward the good of adults only. Any possible negative consequences for children, according to this way of thinking, are not worth considering. We, and the children themselves, must simply accept any negative outcomes as collateral damage on the road to the nirvana of “marriage equality.” (more…)

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The divorce paradox

On 05.08.12, In Divorce, Maggie Gallagher, By Betsy

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…)

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