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Study suggests risks from same-sex parenting
From The Washington Times – Sunday, June 10, 2012 Two studies released Sunday may act like brakes on popular social-science assertions that gay parents are the same as — or maybe better than — married mother-father parents. “The empirical claim that no notable differences exist must go,” University of Texas sociology professor Mark Regnerus said […]
Dan Quayle was right
Last week, Isabel Sawhill of the Brookings Institution wrote in the Washington Post ( no bastion of conservatism) that former Vice President Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried mothers. You may remember his family values speech that he delivered as the 1992 campaign was heating up: “Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong,” […]
CALLING ALL MEN
AWC Pregnancy Resource Centers in Roxbury, Revere, Fall River and Hyannis are saving hundreds of babies each year. But many more could be rescued from abortion if the father of the unborn child is involved in the decision to keep the child. AWC Pregnancy Resource Centers is initiating a Men’s Mentoring Ministry to recruit Christian […]
Boys raised by mom and dad earn higher marks
In a major study, researchers have found that family structures have a much more significant effect on boys’ early education than school type or even the gender of their teachers. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, showed that indiscipline reduced among boys brought up by two parents […]
Father advocates launch restraining order repeal effort
Advocate for fathers are mounting a ballot effort to repeal the state’s restraining order law, arguing that it has been overused and misapplied in a way that discriminates against men and breaks up families, report the State House News Service. “The real world effect is that fathers, in particular, are instantly removed from their families. […]
Moscow Demographic Summit ends with demand for governments to adopt a pro-family demographic policy
“The Moscow Demographic Summit: Family and The Future of Humankind” concluded with the adoption of a declaration demanding that governments everywhere adopt pro-family demographic policies. The Declaration was adopted by participants at the June 29-30 Summit held at the Russian State Social University, Russia’s largest university. Translated from Russian, The Declaration states in part: “We, […]
A New York state of chaos
Friends of the Family, Watching as Republican senators in New York caved to pressure from the governor and other state leaders on same-sex “marriage” brought back the sadness and anger that we all felt on June 14, 2007 when seven “Benedict Arnolds” flipped their votes, robbing the citizens of Massachusetts their opportunity to define marriage […]
Lesbian child custody dispute goes international
In 2003, Lisa Miller broke up with her lesbian partner, Janet Jenkins, with whom she had a civil union in Vermont and subsequently had a daughter through artificial insemination. Miller subsequently became a Christian, renounced her homosexuality and got a divorce, but Jenkins was given partial custody of the child. In 2009, because Jenkins’ lesbian […]
Happy Fathers Day
Friends, This weekend it’s time to celebrate Dad! He’s the man who taught you about tough love, but he also was the rock foundation that kept the family safe. For his sons, Dad demonstrated how to be a man; for his daughters, how they should be treated by their future husbands. It was the battle […]