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SWANS and their swains

Guiomar Barbi | 05 January 2007

If they’re smart, men will marry smart women.

A gay old time in the animal kingdom

Richard Umbers | 01 December 2006 | 25

Homosexual behaviour is widespread amongst animals, according to a Norwegian museum. But what does this prove for us humans?

Exceptional marriages for normal people

Greg Popcak | 10 November 2006 | 1

There are many happily married people around and the world needs to hear from them, says a well-known radio host.

Marriage: still in demand

Jennifer Roback Morse | 23 October 2006

For the first time married couples are a minority of all American households.

FOCUS ON C-38
C-38: the search for marriage

Michael Cook | 12 October 2006

A thought-provoking Canadian documentary demolishes the case for same-sex marriage.

FOCUS ON C-38
Why Canada should re-visit same-sex marriage

Margaret Somerville | 11 October 2006 | 2

Children are being ignored as adults re-engineer the family, claims one of Canada's leading ethicists.

Meeting your match

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 September 2006

The more mobile and communicative society gets the harder it seems to get married. But maybe the Muslims are onto something.

Home truths about family law

The Institute for American Values and the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy | 27 September 2006

Getting marriage law right requires a new modesty and realism on the part of the state, including the courts, says a group of prominent family and legal scholars.

FOCUS ON KIDS
Child-free and losing it

Carolyn Moynihan | 08 September 2006

More people are not having children. Could the reason be a lack of faith?

FOCUS ON KIDS
Lonely fat kids

Jennifer Roback Morse | 08 September 2006

If there's no-one to go out and play with kids might as well watch television and snack.

Has sex become irrelevant?

Michael Cook | 10 August 2006

An entrepreneurial Texas woman has gone into the business of mail-order designer babies. Where did we go wrong?

FOCUS ON THE MARKET ECONOMY & CULTURE
Analysing the Jiminy Cricket generation

Matthew Mehan | 03 August 2006

The immaturity of today’s youth has been shaped by decades of prosperity and consumerism, says cultural commentator David Bosworth in this interview.

Is same-sex marriage in the US running out of steam?

Dwight Duncan | 29 July 2006

In several states this month, courts handed down decisions which did not favour the cause of social reform. Is a judicial consensus emerging?

African families fighting Western pressures

Martyn Drakard | 09 June 2006

Family-unfriendly ideas are being imported from the West, but traditional African values are robust and resilient.

Mommy, what did you do during the war?

Daniel Mansueto | 31 May 2006

A war is being waged in Asia against unborn girls. Why aren't more people enlisting to fight for them?

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