Marriage
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two-parent family
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“Countless studies have shown that children raised in a two-parent family are less likely to be raised in poverty, less likely to do drugs, less likely to be criminals later in life, and more likely to graduate from and do well in school.
"Married people tend to take care of themselves better and live longer. They typically eat better, have more settled lives with less stress and fewer risky habits, monitor each other's health, and are quicker to seek medical attention for problems that arise.
“Married people, particularly those with children, seem to be motivated to save and invest more for the future and to live longer to enjoy their savings and their children's future.
“Out-of-wedlock births increase the national incidence of lowered health for newborns; retarded cognitive, and especially verbal, development of young children; lowered educational achievement; lowered job attainment as young adults; increased behavioral problems; lowered impulse control (aggression and sexual behavior); and increased anti-social development.
"It's been said you need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty: finish high school, marry before having a child and marry after the age of 20. Among those who follow such advice, only 8% are poor, while 79% of those who do not are poor.
"The consequences of this trend are crime rates higher than they should be, graduation rates lower than they should be and a treasury depleted in the name of trying to solve both problems by throwing more money at them.
"No culture can remain healthy with illegitimacy rates like these. And it is simply impossible to understate the socially catastrophic consequences of America's crisis of illegitimacy. The family is still the best department of health, education and welfare ever invented.” —Investor’s Business Daily
Christian “liberals” wrong, wrong, wrong
On my bookshelf is a book that I got at a Christian bookstore more than 20 years ago.
As I read it, I realized the author knew nothing about economics. And he had no respect for individual freedom.
Since then, author Ron Sider has been called an advocate for Christian socialism with his Evangelicals for Social Action.
One of the lies he has popularized is that Christian families are no different from secular families. He has said that Evangelicals and born-again Christians divorce at the same rate as, or slightly more often than, other Americans. He also said Christians were having extramarital sex at the same rate as non-Christians.
This has always bothered me. One of the most important lessons I taught in my Bible class for singles was how Christians can divorce-proof their marriage.
Recently, Dr. Brad Wilcox and Dr. Byron Johnson did something that hadn't been done before: they studied the religious practices of people who called themselves Christians. They did this by looking at the rates of church attendees.
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Those who do attend church weekly are less likely to divorce. In fact, their marriages are considered “happy.” |
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As church attendance declines, divorces rise. |
In other words, there is a direct connection between strong marriages and being a Christian who regularly attends church.
Alaska legislature says no to out-of-control judicial activists on marriage
In Alaska, the state legislature is refusing to ignore a ridiculous ruling and is fighting for its people.
The Alaskan Supreme Court ordered the state to provide benefits to the homosexual partners of state employees. This is in contrast to the voters' wishes, since Alaska passed a Marriage Protection Amendment several years ago.
The governor called a special session and the legislature agreed to ignore the court ruling until a statewide vote is made.
I wish California state legislatures also stood up against the growing judicial tyranny-where judges are legislating, not ruling.
California Supreme Court: Prayer request!
The 7-member California Supreme Court is now considering changes to the state constitution's definition of marriage-changes that would eventually lead to legalized same-sex marriages.
Our fear in the last election was that Justice Kennard and Justice Corrigan would be judicial activists, but they easily won reelection.
Pray that a majority of the justices choose to stand for traditional marriage and uphold the will of the people.
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