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A Call for a New Conversation on Marriage
In this public statement, 75 American leaders from across the political spectrum and social science propose a new conversation on marriage – one that brings together gays and lesbians who want to strengthen marriage with straight people who want to do the same. The new conversation does not ...
An American Declaration on Government and Gambling
What Next for the Marriage Movement?
New opportunities and emerging crises exist today for those who wish to recreate a marriage culture.
Can Government Strengthen Marriage? : Evidence from the Social Sciences
Public policy may help reduce rates of unmarried childbearing and divorce, and strategies exist that correspond to the best current evidence from the social sciences.
Pre-emption, Iraq and Just War : A Statement of Principles
Can We Coexist? : A Response from Americans to Colleagues in Saudi Arabia
Is the Use of Force Ever Morally Justified? : A Response from Americans to Colleagues in Germany
Does Divorce Make People Happy? : Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages
Does divorce typically make adults happier than staying in an unhappy marriage? Many Americans assume so. "Does Divorce Make People Happy?" represents the first serious effort to investigate this assumption empirically. The finding? Unhappily married adults who divorced or separated were no happier,...
What We're Fighting For : A Letter from America
In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the ensuing war in Afghanistan, 60 public intellectuals discuss the principles America is defending: (1) All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights; (2) The basic subject of society is the human person, ...
The Marriage Movement : A Statement of Principles
The decline of marriage weakens civil society and spreads social inequality. Over 100 signatories sign onto a plan to reverse this trend.
Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America
In "Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America", 50 signatories come together because of their shared concern about the national trend of father absence that is affecting nearly all races and ethnic groups in the United States, and because of their particular concern about father absence ...
Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America
In "Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America", 50 signatories come together because of their shared concern about the national trend of father absence that is affecting nearly all races and ethnic groups in the United States, and because of their particular concern about father absence ...