Tag: marriage
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The Frayed Knot: Marriage in America
The Economist: The Frayed Knot: Marriage in America ….There is a widening gulf between how the best- and least-educated Americans approach marriage and child-rearing. Among the elite (excluding film stars), the nuclear family is holding up quite well. Only 4% of the children of mothers with college degrees are born out of wedlock. And the…
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Women, not men, choose spouses on island
Yahoo! News: Women, not men, choose spouses on island ORANGO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau – He was 14 when the girl entered his grass-covered hut and placed a plate of steaming fish in front of him. Like all men on this African isle, Carvadju Jose Nananghe knew exactly what it meant. Refusing was not an option. His…
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Marriage is Better, and it is Better Policy to Say So
From his Most Esteemed Gruntledness, Dr. Beau Weston: Marriage is Better, and it is Better Policy to Say So. The new British Millennium Cohort Study of babies born in 2000-01 compares how the parents' relationships fared in the stressful first five years after the birth. The result: Married couples divorcing: 6%Cohabiting couples breaking up: 32%"Closely…
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Marriage is Not a Creation of the State (and We Should Keep it That Way)
Marriage is Not a Creation of the State (and We Should Keep it That Way) is a short post by Beau Weston. The quote he references comes from an essay by Serana Sugrue in The Meaning of Marriage (which I expect UPS to be leaving on my doorstep early next week.) Sugrue has this wonderful…
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Marriage: A social justice issue
Marriage: A social justice issue is a great commentary piece on the Acton Institute website. “In poor black areas of Chicago during the 1920s, it was considered a problem that 15 percent of births were out of wedlock. Once the Depression hit, that number went down to under 10 percent. Women who had several children…
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Does Black History Have a Future?
Does Black History Have a Future? is an Acton Institute article by Anthony Bradley. He addresses the need for Black history to recover the pre-1950s heritage of strong men and strong families. Despite slavery and Jim Crow oppression, until the 1960s, over 80% of Black children were born to married couples. All I can say…