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While all eyes have been on the federal court looking at Prop 8 in California, it was Massachusetts that dealt a blow to marriage yesterday.
Read Full ArticleIn a recent decision, a U.S. District Court judge in Boston ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional stating that it interfered with a state’s right to define marriage. Curiously, that is one of the very purposes of DOMA, to protect individual states’ definition of marriage instead of being forced to accept the marriage laws of a few socially liberal states.
Read Full ArticleGay “marriage” is on hold for now in California, thanks to the Ninth Circuit’s stay on Judge Walker’s ruling.
Read Full ArticleWith unemployment rates nearing double-digits and the federal budget deficit soaring to an unsustainable $1.47 trillion, millions of American families are facing the potential of enormous tax increases at a time when they least can afford it.
Read Full ArticleGOProud claims to be conservative, but it's not. It's conning the conservative movement. What's left to conserve after marriage is gone?
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Not only are many members of the younger working class unprepared for the contemporary job market, but new research shows their striking inability to fit the middle-class ideal in family and religious life.
Although Mexico is a traditionally Catholic country with strong family values, recent legislative and court decisions have given a strong boost to the homosexual-rights agenda.
LifeWay Research released its latest survey on Millennials – Americans born between 1980 and 1991 –and found that 61 percent either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with same-sex marriage.
Read Full ArticleA Texas court has reversed a judge's decision to grant a divorce in a case that involves two men.
Read Full ArticleA California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.
Read Full ArticleWhile the U.S. marriage rate per thousand dropped 14.4 percent between 1998 and 2008, Tennessee's dropped 36 percent, state health department and U.S. census figures show.
Read Full ArticleLifeWay Research released its latest survey on Millennials – Americans born between 1980 and 1991 –and found that 61 percent either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with same-sex marriage.
Wedlock Irrelevant to TeensThere appears to be a growing acceptance of children being conceived out of wedlock among the nation's youth.
'Same-Sex Divorce' RevokedA Texas court has reversed a judge's decision to grant a divorce in a case that involves two men.
Court Won't Force Calif Officials to Defend Prop 8A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.
Unmarried Cohabitation Increases in TN, Marriage Rate Drops 36% in Ten YearsWhile the U.S. marriage rate per thousand dropped 14.4 percent between 1998 and 2008, Tennessee's dropped 36 percent, state health department and U.S. census figures show.
5 Questions about the Stem Cell RulingA federal judge's ruling has thrust the issue of embryonic stem cell research back into the news. Following are five questions and answers about the decision.
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