Family and Marriage News
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4 Reasons Why Liberal Politicians Should Abandon Federal Takeover of Paid Family Leave
Paid family leave is something almost everyone wants, and it’s important for workers to be able to take time off when a family or medical need arises. The great news is that paid family leave is on the rise, with the percentage of workers with access to paid family leave shooting up by 64% over…Rachel Greszler -
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Democrats Are Trying to Sneak Gender Dogma Into Bill on Family Violence
The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act this summer, but it stalled in the Senate. Undeterred, progressives have been trying to insert their gender dogma wherever else they can, including the $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill and HR 2119, which is the barely noticed Family Violence and Prevention Services Improvement Act….Jay Richards -
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Fired for Biblical Marriage Views, Former Fire Chief Explains How Faith Carried Him Through Persecution
Kelvin Cochran served as a firefighter for over three decades. He was named “Fire Chief of the Year” in 2012, and former President Barack Obama appointed him the U.S. fire administrator, the highest fire service post in the nation. But Cochran faced a different kind of fire in 2015 when he was terminated as Atlanta’s…Virginia Allen -
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‘Are You Transgender?’: Virginia School Survey Asks Students About Gender, Sex, Intimate Family Details
A Fairfax County Public Schools system survey will ask children as young as 13 years old to anonymously answer questions about their sex lives, drug and alcohol consumption, and intimate details of their family life. The school system administers the survey to students in the eighth, 10th, and 12th grades each fall, and a separate…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Chad Wolf: My Home, Family Were Targeted by Protesters. This Must Stop.
I was surprised to read The Washington Post’s recent editorial concluding that pro-choice protesters had crossed the line by demonstrating in front of the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. After all, The Washington Post is not exactly a conservative or rational voice on these types of issues. Almost all the points in the editorial…Chad Wolf -
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5 Things You Need to Know About Paid Family Leave Program in Progressives’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Package
We all want to have the ability to take leave from work when major or even minor life circumstances necessitate it. Having access to paid leave is incredibly important because without a paycheck, many workers cannot afford to take the leave they need. Fortunately, there’s been a huge upswing in access to employer-provided paid family…Rachel Greszler -
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Liberals Blame Trump, Capitalism for Family Alienation
In my last column, I published comments written by New York Times subscribers about how proud they were of their children for deciding not to have children of their own. Though they acknowledged how much they ached to be grandparents, they nevertheless reveled in the fact that this would never happen. Why did these parents…Dennis Prager -
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Maj. Sullivan Ballou Sacrificed Love of Family for His Country. His Letter Reminds Us That It Takes Courage to Preserve Freedom.
Visit a major Civil War battlefield, and chances are you will see stone monuments speckled amid the quiet and green fields and glens that form these hallowed places. These monuments are somber memorials to regiments and brigades, and ultimately, to the soldiers who fought, bled, and died on these fields. Tallies of dead and wounded…Philip Reynolds -
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Why Juneteenth Should Serve as Reminder That ‘Family Matters’
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but it would take nearly two-and-a-half years for all American slaves to be notified of their freedom. On June 19, 1865, Union troops, led by Gen. Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, Texas, to tell the African-American slaves they were free. A portmanteau of “June”…Virginia Allen -
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Biden’s Family Leave Plan a Permanent Burden for Temporary Problem
If you’re a politician peddling big new government programs for which there is little need but hefty price tags, you need a clever marketing strategy. At the least, your sales pitch could use a decent sound bite. Such marketing is what the Biden administration with its friends in Congress and the media are doing when…Veronique de Rugy -
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Over Legal Objections, Biden Moves to Reinstate Family Planning Funds for Abortion Providers
The public comment period closed Monday for a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would roll back important provisions of the Trump administration’s 2019 “Protect Life” rule. At issue in the debate is the federal Title X family planning program. The law that established the program—Title X of the Public Health Service Act (1970)—says…Melanie Israel -
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Marriage and Motherhood Came in Her 40s. Why She Says Timing Was Perfect.
Life doesn’t always turn out the way we plan, and sometimes that’s a beautiful thing. Emily Stimpson Chapman, an author, freelance writer, wife, and mom to two—soon to be three—adopted children, has personally experienced the joy of living a life that is different from the one she imagined as a young woman. Chapman joins “Problematic…Virginia Allen -
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Rioters in Kenosha Burned This Immigrant Family’s Business to the Ground
It took rioters only two nights to move through Kenosha, Wisconsin, burning and looting businesses as they went, until parts of the city looked more like a war zone than an American town. “It's emotional for us,” Raquel Santiago told The Daily Signal during an Oct. 7 interview, adding: “I don't even have words to…Virginia Allen -
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How School Choice Is About Marriage and Family, Not Just ‘the 3 Rs’
Nearly two decades ago, President George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act, ushering in a period of education “reform” laser-focused on reading and math achievement. That effort shined a bright light on academic achievement gaps, disaggregating student outcomes by race and income, and providing reams of data detailing all the…Lindsey Burke -
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How American Civil Society Depends on Marriage, Family
American civil society is facing a serious domestic threat: Marriage is declining and family stability with it. Between 1962 and 2019, the percentage of women ages 15 to 44 who were married fell by nearly 30%, according to a recent report from the Social Capital Project of the congressional Joint Economic Committee Republicans. The number…Virginia Allen -
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Problematic Women: Planned Parenthood Ideology ‘Killing the Family,’ Ex-Volunteer Says
Planned Parenthood is a business. Simply put, America’s largest abortion provider loses profit if young people are not having sex. Monica Cline worked as a “comprehensive sex educator” and volunteer for Planned Parenthood for a decade before walking away to become a specialist in avoiding sexual risk and start an organization called It Takes a…Virginia Allen -
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How the United Nations Promotes an Anti-Family Agenda
Kimberly Ells arrived at the United Nations excited to engage in work to strengthen families around the world. What she found was an agenda to dismantle the traditional family, promote sexuality to children, and reduce parenthood to a burdensome civil construct. Kimberly Ells, a policy adviser for Family Watch International and author of the new…Virginia Allen -
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The Collapse of the Traditional American Family
The Joint Economic Committee of Congress has just produced an important new study titled “The Demise of the Happy Two-Parent Home.” The report exhaustively presents data showing the shocking collapse of marriage and traditional family in America and then explores possible explanations for why it has happened. In 1962, 71% of women ages 15-44 were…Star Parker -
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How Attacks on Faith, Family, and Conscience Threaten All Our Freedoms
During these tumultuous times, as practically every American institution comes under attack from the far left and its allies, two of our most essential values seem to be especially targeted in an effort to “transform America.” Those values are faith and family, the two essential pillars that serve as true stabilizing factors in any society….Timothy Goeglein -
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Costa Rica Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Via Judicial Activism
Headlines like a recent one in the New York Post said, “Costa Rica latest country to legalize same-sex marriage.” But it wasn’t really Costa Ricans who made it happen. Instead, Costa Rica became—like the United States five years ago—the victim of a multilayer attack of judicial activism. In an interview with the Family Research Council, Jose L….Peter Sprigg