Family and Marriage News
Coverage of family life, marriage, parenting, and cultural issues shaping households across America, with clear reporting and thoughtful analysis.
-
- News
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s How Much Regulations Cost Average American Family—and How Biden Is Making It Worse
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Americans expect to pay federal taxes, but the federal government also picks their pockets in more hidden ways, and President Joe Biden is making the problem worse in pursuing his political agenda, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. "American households pay at least $14,000 in hidden regulatory costs every year," Wayne…Tyler O’Neil -
- News
13 Takeaways From GOP Candidate Forum on Faith, Family
Republican presidential candidates gathered for a forum Friday evening, exclusively livestreamed by The Daily Signal. The 2023 Presidential Thanksgiving FAMiLY Forum in Des Moines, Iowa featured Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Here are some of the highlights from their conversation. The candidates were…Jarrett Stepman -
- Opinion
25 Years of Healthy Marriage in Utah: State Commission Strengthens Institution
Utah just celebrated the 25th anniversary of its healthy marriages initiative, a statewide effort to help people build and maintain strong marriages. There’s a great need to strengthen marriage in the U.S., given its decades-long decline and the many consequences of family breakdown, particularly among lower-income communities. Utah’s initiative is an example other states’ leaders…Rachel Sheffield -
- News
Daily Signal Partners With Leading Iowa Pro-Family Group to Livestream Thanksgiving Forum With Presidential Candidates
The Daily Signal is partnering with a leading pro-family group in Iowa to livestream a Republican presidential candidate forum on Friday. "Nowhere else do you get to see the candidates gathered around a Thanksgiving table talking about their hearts, their worldviews, and the issues that go beyond the news headlines, and nowhere else will you…Tyler O’Neil -
- News
Mark Houck, Family Sue Biden DOJ for ‘Malicious and Retaliatory Prosecution’
Pro-life activist Mark Houck and his wife, Ryan-Marie Houck, are suing the federal Department of Justice over the DOJ’s treatment of their family, accusing the DOJ of a “faulty” investigation that led to an excessively forceful arrest and a “malicious and retaliatory prosecution” that has severely impacted their entire family. Houck is a Catholic father…Mary Margaret Olohan -
- News
Christian Wedding Photographer Who Refused to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage Wins Settlement
Virginia state officials agreed to settle a lawsuit with a Christian wedding photographer after he refused to use his business to celebrate same-sex marriage, according to a press release. Bob Updegrove filed a lawsuit against then-Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring in September 2020 after a state law required him to affirm same-sex marriage in his photography business,…Kate Anderson -
- News
Italy Joins Hungary as European Leader in Pro-Life, Pro-Family Policies
Italy is announcing a new initiative to raise the nation’s flagging birthrate. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government approved a new budget last week, setting aside 1 billion euros (nearly $1.1 billion) in funding to support mothers and families, in an effort to boost the national birthrate. Some of those measures include increased financial aid to working mothers with two…S.A. McCarthy -
- Opinion
The Scourge of Child Marriage in Third World
Globally, 100 million girls are at risk of being forced into child marriage over the next decade, according to UNICEF. In certain parts of Africa and Asia, girls from minority religions face the added human rights violation of being forced to change their religion in conjunction with forced marriage. Those tragic experiences of girls as…Tehmina Arora -
- Opinion
The Feds and These 37 States Hit Parents With Marriage Penalties
Marriage is increasingly rare among younger American adults. Back in 1970, 83% of Americans aged 25 to 34 were married. Today, only 41% in that age range are married. And as marriage has fallen out of favor, fewer and fewer children are growing up in married, two-parent homes—and fewer babies are being born at all….Preston Brashers -
- News
German Refugee Family of Homeschoolers Targeted for Deportation by Biden Administration
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement told a German Christian family that was persecuted for homeschooling their children that they needed to prepare to be deported after living in the U.S. for 15 years, says Kevin Boden, an attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association, who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Uwe and…Kate Anderson -
- News
Pence Outlines Plan to ‘Rebuild American Family’
As Mike Pence addressed the Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday in the nation’s capital, the former vice president appeared to be a long-shot candidate for president, according to the latest Fox News primary poll, which found him tied for fifth place with the support of 3% of respondents. In a speech that zeroed in on painting…Dan Hart -
- News
Mother and Grandfather Mourn Death of Family Lost to ‘Border Crisis’
Emilia quickly said goodbye to her mom, eager to go inside and see her grandmother, but Elisa Tambunga called her 7-year-old daughter back to give her a big hug and kiss, and to say, “I love you.” Those would be the last words the mother would ever speak to her daughter. It was March 13…Virginia Allen -
- Opinion
Utah’s Economic Prosperity Illustrates the Importance of Marriage, Family, and Religion
A recently released report says that Utah’s economy ranks No. 1 among all 50 states and attributes this top ranking to the influence of the state’s dominant culture of heterosexual marriage and the strength and stability of its families. Authors Brad Wilcox, Jenet Erickson, and Patrick T. Brown conclude in the Sutherland Institute report that…Arthur Goldberg -
- News
City Can’t Ban Farmer From Market for Views on Same-Sex Marriage, Judge Rules
Six years after a Michigan city barred a farmer from selling apples and other fruit at an outdoor market because he doesn’t allow same-sex weddings on his property, a federal judge has ruled that the city violated his constitutional right to religious freedom. The original 2017 decision by East Lansing to exclude farmers Steve and…Ken McIntyre -
- News
$20M and Counting: Tally on Foreign Money to Biden Family Rises With Release of New Bank Records
The tally of foreign money to the Biden family has hit at least $20 million, based on the third round of bank records the House Oversight and Accountability Committee released Wednesday—pointing to millions from oligarchs from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Foreign sources sent the money to Biden family members and business associates while Joe Biden…Fred Lucas -
- Opinion
Planned Parenthood, ACLU Fight to Keep Child Marriage Legal
If you think child brides are the stuff of faraway cultures, think again. In 2017, child marriage was legal in all 50 states in America. Only recently have survivors started chipping away at the practice, using their nightmarish stories to put a stop to the abuse of (mostly) young girls. California was next in line…Suzanne Bowdey -
- Opinion
The Biden Family Caricatures
The Biden first family seems determined to confirm every stereotype of their antisocial behavior—to the point of dysfunctionality. During the 2020 campaign, at least eight women alleged that then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in the past had serially and improperly touched, kissed, or grabbed them. One, Tara Reade, alleged she was sexually assaulted by Biden, who…Victor Davis Hanson -
- Opinion
Let’s Celebrate Brown 2.0, Then Move to Family Formation
By eliminating racial preferences in university admissions, the Supreme Court has finally exorcised a baleful spectrum that has haunted the country for over half a century. We should all take a moment to celebrate this de facto Brown v. Board of Education decision 2.0. We must then quickly pivot to the hard work of removing obstacles to opportunities for everyone….Mike Gonzalez -
- News
Why Hunter Biden Plea Deal Could Advance Congressional Probe of Biden Family Influence Peddling
The Hunter Biden plea agreement reached Tuesday “enhances” the congressional probe digging into the Biden family’s alleged influence peddling, in closing the Justice Department’s argument of an ongoing investigation, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday. The plea agreement filed in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday came as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee,…Fred Lucas -
- Opinion
Society Suffers When Progressives Spurn Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family
Father’s Day is a good time to reflect on the importance of dads. It is also an opportunity to bring attention to how fatherhood, marriage, and family became divisive, partisan political issues to the progressive Left. As a candidate and president, Barack Obama talked often about the importance of fatherhood, marriage, and family. A speech…Delano Squires