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Salon.com June 24, 2002 Heather Havrilesky |
On bended knee Pro-marriage revivalists praise matrimony as the way and the light. But are they bowing to a false god? |
Salon.com June 7, 2001 Amy Benfer |
The nuclear family takes a hit Census data deals a blow to an American icon -- and the conservative groups that promote it... |
Reason June 2004 Jonathan Rauch |
Objections to These Unions What Friedrich Hayek can teach us about gay marriage. |
ifeminists August 5, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
The Marriage Quagmire The institution of marriage is in jeopardy. But it's the politicians themselves constituting the threat. |
Reason March 2004 Cathy Young |
Opening Marriage Do same-sex unions pave the way for polygamy? |
Salon.com March 28, 2002 Ann Marlowe |
Why do women wed? A new book argues that women put much more work into marriage than men do, and asks why they bother... |
Salon.com January 9, 2003 Sheerly Avni |
Unwedded bliss One of the founders of the Alternatives to Marriage Project talks about the deep-seated American fear that shacking up will lead to the fall of Western civilization. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Michelle Conlin |
Unmarried America Say good-bye to the traditional family. Here's how the new demographics will change business and society. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Alexandra Starr |
Commentary: Washington's $1 Billion Lecture To The Poor Why a "pro-marriage" bill isn't likely to help much |
ifeminists June 29, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
The Gay and Hetero Marriage Quagmire What constitutes a marriage should be determined by contract between the consenting adults involved, not by government. |
ifeminists April 13, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Marriage and the Limits of Contract A culture full of people who violate their contracts at every possible opportunity cannot be held together by legal institutions. |
ifeminists August 31, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Marriage Movement at the Crossroads There is one voice that is conspicuously absent in the campaign to save fatherhood -- the Marriage Movement, which, sadly and inexplicably, has largely turned its back on men. |
ifeminists June 3, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
End the gay marriage debate! Privatize marriage Almost half of the adults in America are unmarried and single-person households outnumber married families with children. A glut of books and articles is suddenly declaring marriage to be either obsolete or rediscovered. |
Salon.com March 19, 2001 Maria Russo |
The marriage hoax Conservative moralists, alarmed by the divorce rate, want us to return to a Golden Age of Marriage. Too bad it never existed. |
ifeminists July 16, 2009 Jim Peron |
Marriage's shifting status...and gay marriage today Marriage predates the Christian church. The recognition of committed relationships has existed in all cultures, for most of human history. |
Mother Jones August 2000 David Goodman |
A More Civil Union Vermont's legal recognition of same-sex couples has brought the latest struggle for gay rights out of the closet -- and onto the stage of national politics. |
Reason December 2003 Cathy Young |
Divorcees and Social Engineers Most people acknowledge that children are better off when they have fathers and when their fathers are actively involved in their lives. But where do we go from there? Fathers face off against the marriage movement. |
Salon.com July 10, 2000 Laurie Essig |
Same-sex marriage I don't care if it is legal, I still think it's wrong -- and I'm a lesbian. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Estate Planning: Two's Company Estate planning for couples introduces a new set of challenges. Integrating your estate planning with your partner can help build a road map of your mutual vision for the future. |
ifeminists December 4, 2006 Carey Roberts |
The Silence of the Wedding Bells The family is the very building block of a civilized and prosperous society. But there's one fact that's hard to dispute: our country faces an acute shortage of marriage-minded men. |
Reason June 2007 Jesse Walker |
Disney Legalizes Same-Sex Unions The world we live in is increasingly willing to embrace homosexual unions, even if many Americans -- and most states -- haven't gotten there yet. But if Mickey is cool with gay marriage, the rest of the country can't be that far behind. |
Reason June 2003 Cathy Young |
Gay Rights Go to Court Sodomy laws, same-sex marriage, and the future of homosexual rights |
ifeminists November 23, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Requiem for the Leftist Welfare Utopia Leftists have devised a simple yet amazingly effective formula to engender social discord: break up the family, marginalize fathers, and then blame the whole mess on men. But now people are catching on to the game plan and dads are staging a comeback. |
Salon.com August 2, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Germany allows its first gay "marriages" With the law just one day old, same-sex couples are flooding the wedding registry... |
Salon.com August 15, 2001 Amy Benfer |
I do -- kind of "I won't" feminists go up against "I did, but I have a good excuse" feminists in a holier-than-thou battle over what it means to walk that aisle... |
Salon.com March 22, 2002 David Link |
Same-sex marriage, with a twist The Kansas Supreme Court enforces a ban on gay marriage and clears the way for -- gay marriage... |
ifeminists February 9, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Misandrist Marriage Movement The marriage movement faces many challenges, not the least of which is that many men have come to believe that marriage is a raw deal. And we're not talking about just a few malcontents. |
Financial Advisor January 2008 Caren Chesler |
With Gay Marriage Comes Gay Divorce Financial planners warn that gay couples, more than their heterosexual counterparts, need to plan for divorce, or they may find themselves facing some hefty financial consequences. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Cathy Young |
Sex and the Census Post-revolution data on toxic bachelors, choice, and children... |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Dana Levit |
Treat All Couples Equally With the recent recognition of gay marriage in Massachusetts and civil unions in seven more states, financial planning for same-sex clients is more complex than ever. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Unwedded Bliss Most of the country's laws assume families will be headed by married couples. That means unmarried couples need to think more carefully about how to arrange their joint financial lives. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2013 Ingrid Case |
Big Changes for Gay Clients The Supreme Court ruling clarified the financial status of some legally married same-sex couples - but muddied it for others. |
Salon.com June 15, 2002 Carina Chocano |
Who wants to marry a regular person? In Michael Apted's sad, hopeful and deeply moving new documentary series on marriage in America, "I do" isn't a happy ending -- but rather an uncertain beginning. |
ifeminists May 19, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
A Feminist Version of 'Joe Millionaire'? There is a "marriage crisis" only for women and in-laws who demand an attorney or doctor for a husband and do not wish to welcome a plumber or mechanic into the family. This is their personal problem, not a social one. |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Joseph B. Darby III |
A Whole New Ballgame The same-sex marriage ruling in Massachusetts raises many questions for financial planners, but answers few of them. |
ifeminists March 10, 2004 Todd Andrew Barnett |
To Marry or Not to Marry Should the constitution be amended to protect the country from same sex marriages? |
ifeminists June 10, 2009 Emma Goldman |
On love and marriage A view on love and marriage from 1911 in Anarchism and Other Essays: they have nothing in common; they are as far apart as the poles; are, in fact, antagonistic to each other. |
Reason October 2004 |
Letters Database Nation... Objections to These Unions... |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Chris Farrell |
Beyond Ozzie and Harriet Clearing some of the financial hurdles facing nontraditional families. |
ifeminists February 11, 2003 Thompson & Sacks |
Undermining the American Family The American Law Institute, which exercises great influence on American jurisprudence, has just released a series of family law recommendations that would exacerbate our problems by trivializing the importance of marriage, encouraging divorce and accelerating fatherlessness. |
Salon.com October 4, 2000 Jennifer Foote Sweeney |
Pluck and circumstance Judith Wallerstein makes a case for marriage, and on rare occasions, a healthy divorce... |
Salon.com January 21, 2000 Shelley Emling |
A new year and a new spouse Forget losing weight. For 2000, a vast number of British couples resolved to lose something else... |
Reason September 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Not for Lovers As gay couples in Massachusetts celebrate their newfound right to marry, Virginia couples find themselves stripped even of the right to create marriage-like private contracts. |
ifeminists December 7, 2006 Carey Roberts |
The GOP's Betrayal of the Pro-Family Agenda When we survey the current state of the family, we see that Americans are half as likely to wed compared to a generation ago, mostly due to a growing shortage of marriage-minded men. How did all this happen? |
ifeminists July 8, 2007 Stephen Baskerville |
Welfare and the "Road to Serfdom" As conservatives congratulate themselves on ten years of welfare reform, they need to start looking at the larger picture and all that was left undone. |
ifeminists August 12, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
The Marriage Strike In examining reasons for the current decline of marriage, one question usually receives short shrift. Why are men reluctant to marry? |
CFO March 1, 2004 Kate O'Sullivan |
Goin' to the Chapel A court decision means employers may be required to provide full spousal benefits to gay couples. |
Reason November 2002 Cathy Young |
Dad Blood If DNA tests prove that you're not your children's father, do you still owe child support? |
Salon.com May 31, 2000 James Traub |
The curriculum crusades Progressive teaching practices don't work as well as a traditional focus on basic skills and a rigorous curriculum. So why do we still use them? |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Susan B. Weiner |
Unwed and Planning The number of unmarried couples living together is beginning to surpass the number of married couples. Advisors should start planning for these clients by uncovering exactly what it is they need. |