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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(s): 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(s): 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(s): 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(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
To Be Married Means to Be Outnumbered
Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American households, have finally slipped into a minority, according to an analysis of new census figures by The New York Times.
Oct 17, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Pop Culture, Citizenship, National
‘Fertility gap’ helps explain political divide
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY
September 27, 2006
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic mother of five from San Francisco, has fewer children in her district than any other member of Congress: 87,727.
Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, a Mormon father of eight, represents the most children: 278,398.
These two extremes reflect a stark demographic divide between the congressional districts controlled by the major political parties.
Republican House members overwhelmingly come from districts that have high percentages of married people and lots of children, according to a USA TODAY analysis of 2005 Census Bureau data released last month.
Sep 28, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Parenting, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, National, Social Issues
Abortion foes’ new rallying point - Contraception
By Judith Graham
Chicago Tribune staff reporter
Published September 24, 2006
Emboldened by the anti-abortion movement’s success in restricting access to abortion, an increasingly vocal group of Christian conservatives is arguing that it’s time to mount a concerted attack on contraception.
Sep 24, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Citizenship, National
Republicans’ Fertile Future
Republicans’ fertile future
Through the past three decades, conservatives have been procreating more than liberals
San Fransisco Chronicle
Vicki Haddock, Insight Staff Writer
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Sep 19, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Social Issues
Marriage Gets the Silent Treatment
“You people need to address the problems of your families. The lack of fathers is at the heart of the ills you face,” spoke the patronizing white-haired, Caucasian minister. His intentions were great but in a myopic way, he had just looked past the problems of his own community and zeroed in on mine. He, like many others, dismissed the true national urgency around the soaring out-of-wedlock birthrates and genocidal abortion rates in the black community. He had distanced himself from these statistics by making them “a black problem.” As long as family breakdown is viewed as an ethnic or minority problem, the average American will not feel that he must address it.
Sep 19, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Parenting, Citizenship, Social Issues
When a Dog Says ‘Moo’
Cruella De Vil, the villain in Disney’s 101 Dalmations, would be proud: A Colorado group has taken a cute and cuddly puppy and turned him into something else—this time, however, not a fur coat. The puppy, Norman, has been made the spokesdog for a statewide campaign promoting gay rights. On billboards, TV ads, and a website, Norman belts out his trademark “moo,” proving that he was “born different.”
Sep 19, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, National