Category: Marriage
Survey On Adultery Suggests It’s Less Wrong for Women to Have Affairs than Men
There’s an old saying that if not for double standards, some people wouldn’t have any standards at all. A new poll from the Survey Center...
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Al Michaels: 56 Years of Marriage, Miracles and Gratitude for the Love of His Life
Sports fans of almost every age are familiar with Al Michaels, the 77-year-old play-by-play announcer perhaps best known for his long-time role covering Monday and...
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Key Study Notes Disturbing Drop in Marriage Rates, But Strong Believers Still Very Likely to Marry
It has unfortunately been well established that marriage rates have been declining in the United States and across the developed world for decades now. But...
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Breaking: Senate Postpones Marriage Redefinition Until After Elections
The Senate is postponing a vote on H.R. 8404, the disingenuously titled “Respect for Marriage Act.” The measure would codify in federal law the redefinition...
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MASH @ 50: Alan and Arlene Alda Celebrate 65 Years of Binding Up One Another’s Wounds
The award-winning television show M*A*S*H debuted fifty years ago this coming Saturday, a war-comedy based on a movie, based on a book – which was...
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Help Protect Traditional Marriage and People of Faith – Oppose the So-Called ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
The Senate is expected to vote soon on the deceptively titled “Respect for Marriage Act.” HR 8404 was rushed through the House earlier this year...
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Faith and Age: Key Factors for Successful Marriage
Back in 1946, Frank Sinatra introduced a song entitled, “You Make Me Feel So Young.” The lyrics went: “You make me feel so young, you...
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The Heritage Foundation Answers Important Questions About the Deceptively Titled ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ in Congress
As word is getting out about the dangerous and deceptive “Respect for Marriage Act” recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and currently up...
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Call to Action: Contact Your U.S. Senator to Oppose Dangerous ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
Your help is urgently needed to stop the dangerous and deceptively titled “Respect for Marriage Act.” It should be called the “Codify the Radical Redefinition...
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House Passes Dangerous Bill Enshrining Same-Sex Marriage as Election-Year Tactic
By a vote of 267 to 157 on July 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8404, the so-called Respect for Marriage Act, which...
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Inflation Hits Another Four Decade High of 9.1%, Hitting Struggling Families the Hardest
Have you filled up your gas tank recently? Or gone to the store to purchase groceries? Or bought practically any other good or service? If...
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What the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Can Teach Us About Marriage & Family Happiness
Few hotel brands around the world are as synonymous with luxury as the Ritz-Carlton – a company boasting 108 properties in 30 countries and territories....
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Sometimes It’s Better Not to Wait
In my previous column, I wrote about a recent study done by the Institute on Family Studies (IFS) on how young women who marry in...
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Cohabitation Does Not Equate To Marital Success – But Commitment Within Marriage Does
In his 2002 book, The Marriage Problem, the late James Q. Wilson wrote the following about the difference between cohabitation and marriage: “Cohabitation means that...
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Yes, Sociological Research Shows Faith Does Strengthen Marriage
Too many good Christians are under the illusion that the divorce rate is the same inside the church as outside. It is not, and Christians...
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Just 18% of American Households Are Families with Married Parents
For decades, research has proved what experience shows; children do best when raised by a married mom and dad. And yet, according to a new...
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Percent of People Who Believe Marriage is Needed to Create Stronger Families at Record Low, Survey Reports
Is marriage needed to create stronger families? Does being married make families better off financially? Is society better off when more people are married? According...
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$3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill Penalizes Marriage, Harms Families
For months, congressional leaders, members and staffers have been haggling over a proposed $3.5 trillion spending bill. The “Build Back Better Act” (HR 5376) has...
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New HBO Documentary “Nuclear Family” Shows Unanticipated Downsides of Same-Sex Families
Sunday evening, HBO aired the beginning of an interesting three-part documentary entitled “Nuclear Family.” No, it is not a careful examination of the natural-married-mother/father-raising-their-own-children family...
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America’s Longest Living Married Couple Celebrates 86 Years Together
Ralph and Dorothy Kohler got married in Tekamah, Nebraska, in 1935. He was 18 years old, and she was 17. He is now 104 and...
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Study Finds Positive Correlation Between Practicing Christianity and Satisfaction in Marriage
A new study conducted by Barna Group found that the importance of Christianity in people’s lives was positively correlated with a higher satisfaction with their...
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Did the COVID Pandemic Help or Hurt Marriage?
It is certainly not news that the COVID pandemic has impacted nearly every part of our lives, both public and personal. As the threat is...
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Bill and Melinda Gates to Divorce, Second High-Profile Split of One of the World’s Wealthiest Couples
One of the world’s wealthiest couples, Bill and Melinda Gates, recently announced that they were planning on ending their 27-year marriage. It came as a...
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If Love is Love, Why Can’t Friends Get Married?
“Love is Love.” It’s the new mantra intended to silence anyone of the opinion that some family forms are more praise-worthy than others. It demands...
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