A New York parent who wants to marry their own adult offspring is suing the state to overturn laws that ban incest, arguing that their “individual autonomy” is being infringed. According to court papers, as reported by the New York Post, the parent has requested to remain anonymous, because they are aware that their request […]
The Vatican’s latest affirmation of marriage as the lifelong union of one man and one woman is presented as an unfeeling even judgmental rejection of the love of same sex couples. It is however just a re-iteration of the Church’s well considered understanding of what Scripture and Jesus have to say on the subject. The […]
Promoting marriage is likely the most successful way to promote more births in Asia, according to recent research by Mengni Chen, a research scientist at the University of Cologne in Germany and University of Louvain in Belgium, and Paul Yip, the chair professor (population health) at the University of Hong Kong. 2020 estimates continue to place the […]
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield OBE, has issued a series of reports showing how the children’s residential social care system is “broken” and is failing many of the most vulnerable children. She warns that children are being “dumped” in “rat-infested care homes”, that thousands of young people are being failed by the State, […]
An English rugby star has called on the Government to incentivise marriage, as a new report shows cohabiting couples are four times more likely to separate, and that family instability is a leading cause for negative outcomes for children. Writing in The Telegraph England player Courtney Lawes said that in his view marriage provided stability to families, […]
Marriage continues to change and decline in Ireland as the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show. Fewer marriages are taking place, fewer are taking place in churches, more are taking place between people who were married before and are now divorced, and couples are older when they marry. Same-sex marriage is now permitted. In 2019, […]
The Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality met just over a week ago. Regrettably, the session on “The family in the constitution and law”, was a prolonged attack on marriage and its special status in the Constitution. Prof. Siobhan Mullaly from NUI Galway, who spoke as an expert, should have explained why marriage deserves constitutional protection. […]
Even in the current culture, most young people still dream of being happily married someday—of finding someone they’d like to share their life with.
Philip Schofield is bravely facing the applause of the UK, with many commentators commending the ITV presenter yesterday for no longer “living a lie”, supposedly.
Western exceptionalism is one of the fiercest battlegrounds of contemporary history. And far from being a purely academic argument, it has immediate repercussions on today’s culture wars.
With a combined age of 211, John Henderson (106) and his wife Charlotte (105) celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary in Texas on Sunday.
This couldn’t be true, could it? Everyone knows women put character and humour and charm and all that stuff first, and money doesn’t matter, as long as you are happy? Well, not according to the latest news from the New York Post, citing a newly released American Study: Research now suggests that the reason for […]