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Don't Make 'Religious Freedom' a Pawn in the Culture Wars
This recent American dynamic of expanded gay rights in tandem with stronger guarantees of religious liberty offers important lessons. First, it reminds us that no right is absolute. Even a fundamental right exists only in relation to, and often in tension with, other important rights. Second, it sho...
Second Chances : A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce
Delaying divorce to save marriages
Contrary to popular belief, only a minority of divorcing couples experience high conflict and abuse during their marriages. Most divorces occur with couples who have drifted apart and handle everyday disagreements poorly. It is these “average” divorces that research shows are the most harm...
Is Marriage for White People? : How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone
A Conversation with Ralph Richard Banks, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Author, Is Marriage for White People? How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone, hosted by Leah Ward Sears, Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Second Chances: A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce
Why the Marriage Gap is Bad for America
The retreat from marriage in Middle America is not a retreat from bearing children. Wedding bands may be out of vogue, but in Middle America, women pushing strollers, diaper bags slung over their shoulders, infants hidden in bundles of blankets, are as common a sight as ever.
What Insha'Allah means to our world
The phrase in Arabic sounds so different from its English counterpart, as different as the heat–seared land of Oman is from the dogwood tree–lined streets of Atlanta. In both Arabic and English, the words are used in praise and love. Too often, though, they are invoked in fear and ignoranc...
What Insha'Allah means to our world
The phrase in Arabic sounds so different from its English counterpart, as different as the heat–seared land of Oman is from the dogwood tree–lined streets of Atlanta. In both Arabic and English, the words are used in praise and love. Too often, though, they are invoked in fear and ignoranc...