Too Poor to Marry?
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Heather Mac Donald takes on the ridiculous idea that you can be “too poor to marry”. I’m pretty sure that this take also works for the equally ridiculous idea that “we can’t get married until older and more established”. The most idiotic reason that single mothers give for not marrying is: “I’m too poor to [...]
Christ, the Church, and Pat Robertson
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It is past time for Christians around the U.S. to make it abundantly clear that Pat Robertson is not one of us and does not speak for us.
When my wife and I married, we were very consciously thinking of these types of scenarios when we promised fidelity “in sickness and in health”.
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A Good Husband's Guide
Men and women are always arguing over who has the tougher role to play. Obviously, it’s the other gender.
Leanne Bell offers an interesting take, called the Good Husband’s Guide. Refreshingly, she takes the men’s side of the argument.
In May of 1955, a magazine called Housekeeping Monthly ran a short point-form article called ”The …
Alienation of Affections: Using Tort Law to Protect Marriage
I take the institution of marriage very seriously. It pains me to see people treat marriage casually, as something to be jumped in and out of. It pains me even more to see marriages where one partner takes the marriage seriously and the other treats it as a disposable commodity. It hurts me even more …
Poverty in America
What causes poverty in America? Greedy capitalistic businessmen? Unethical financiers? How about marriage?:
For the most part, long-term poverty today is self-inflicted. To see this, let’s examine some numbers from the Census Bureau’s 2004 Current Population Survey. There’s one segment of the black population that suffers only a 9.9 percent poverty rate, and only …
Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places
A woman feels trapped in a loveless marriage. She goes online and starts chatting with ”Prince of Joy”. His compassion, tenderness shine through even as he describes his own loveless marriage. After several months of talking, they decide to meet in her person. Each will carry one rose. Imagine her surprise when she shows up …
What is Marriage?
An Iowa judge recently ruled that Iowa’s ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. That makes an older article by Francis Beckwith relevant once again.
I believe, however, that given present circumstances that the best strategy is to take the mayor at his word and employ ”street theatre” in a provocative way in order to …
Marrying in College
Getting married in college is something that most people are advised against. It’s an advisement that comes with good reason: school work is uniquely stressful, the first year of marriage is uniquely stressful, and finances (one of the biggest drivers of divorce) are stretched doubly tight. Still, some people do decide to get married while …