Category Archives: Families structures, divorce, etc

When Families Destroy Themselves From The Inside

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

On Tuesday of last week, I helped move my mother to her new house in New Jersey. This means that I am the last member of my family left in New York, and if you had told me fifteen years … Continue reading →

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What Do Cultural Traditionalists Offer LGBT People And Abused Women?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Ampersand

There’s a teapot tempest going on over this Washington Post column. I basically agree with Conor Friedersdorf when he says “There Probably Isn’t Any Neutral Way to Report on Homosexuality.” A person who complains that the Washington Post’s “Date Lab” … Continue reading →

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Family Scholars Blog Symposium on Marriage Policy

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Ampersand

Family Scholars blog is having an online symposium on marriage policy, featuring responses to their new “State Of Our Unions” report from various folks with an interest in family and policy. One thing that’s interesting is that this is a … Continue reading →

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Single Motherhood And Crime In One Graph

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Ampersand

At the Atlantic, sociology prof Philip Cohen provides this graph: Looking at it from the perspective of 1990, it was easy to assume a strong causal relationship between the rise in single motherhood and the murder epidemic. By my reading … Continue reading →

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Are Too-Strong Families Bad For Society?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Ampersand

The ways that too-weak family ties can harm society are frequently noted. But what about the other extreme — can overly strong family ties also harm society? Mark Silk at Religious News Service writes: It has, of course, been an … Continue reading →

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The many differences between polygamy and same-sex marriage

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Ampersand

Does advocating for marriage equality for same-sex couples require us to also advocate for polygamy — that is, for legally recognized marriages of three or more people? I don’t think so; there are crucial differences between same-sex marriage and polygamy … Continue reading →

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Adoption is not a woman’s sole decision

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ampersand

Ozy Frantz is a writer I almost always agree with. But in zir excellent article “11 Ways Men Can Be Better Feminist Allies,” zie writes: Support women’s bodily autonomy. On a political level, of course, one should fight pro-life initiatives, … Continue reading →

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Poor people value marriage as much as the middle class and rich, study shows

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Ampersand

The title of this post comes from the UCLA press release: Poor people hold more traditional values toward marriage and divorce than people with moderate and higher incomes, UCLA psychologists report in the current issue of the Journal of Marriage … Continue reading →

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“As If Married”

Posted on February 14, 2012 by fannie

In the 9th Circuit’s recent Prop 8 opinion, the Court noted: “… ‘marriage’ is the name that society gives to the relationship that matters most between two adults. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but to … Continue reading →

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Did No-Fault Divorce Create A “Divorce Culture”?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Ampersand

[A crosspost from Family Scholars Blog.] Douglas Allen, in an interview Karen linked to, said: In the 1960s debate [over no-fault divorce], no one thought the divorce rate would change, but it changed enormously and led to a divorce culture. … Continue reading →

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