
In the first ruling of its kind in California, a Superior Court judge in San Francisco has ruled that the frozen embryos a woman wants to use to procreate, over her ex-husband’s objections, must be destroyed.
by Adelle Nazarian19 Nov 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

“Pain is part of life” is not what the culture of 2015 wants to hear, and it’s bound to raise sarcastic chuckles as the impromptu slogan of Bush’s presidential campaign… but he’s right, and the quest to avoid pain has gone far beyond the point of diminishing returns. This is true of every form of discomfort – from physical and emotional pain, to economic anxiety and the “trigger words” culture of hyper-sensitivity on campus.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 12:24 PM PST0

Lesbian couples are twice as likely to end civil partnerships as gay men, new research has revealed. The research, by a firm of lawyers, analysed the outcomes of nearly 60,000 civil partnerships, and confirms previous similar findings by the government.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds27 Oct 2015, 6:03 AM PST0

The left-wing of Catholicism just concluded a two-year campaign to convince the universal Church to change its teachings on marriage, divorce, communion, and homosexuality.
by Austin Ruse25 Oct 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

It’s tough to get me excited about anything gay these days. What was once a fearless, exciting subculture has ossified into a load of uptight house husbands with terrible taste in everything who won’t even deign to share their superior homosexual man-fluid for the good of the species.
by Milo Yiannopoulos14 Oct 2015, 4:59 AM PST0

In a word intended to reassure conservatives, Pope Francis told the bishops gathered in the Vatican Synod on the family Tuesday that Church teaching on marriage is “still valid,” while also urging them to broaden their horizons, instead of focusing on internal questions such as Communion for the divorced and remarried.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.7 Oct 2015, 6:35 AM PST0

More than 130 notable converts to Catholicism have published an open letter begging Pope Francis and the bishops gathered at the Vatican Synod on Marriage and the Family to stand firm in teaching traditional Christian beliefs regarding the permanence of marriage, human sexuality, and the meaning of the family.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Oct 2015, 8:23 AM PST0

A study by University of Virginia Professor W. Bradford Wilcox and University of Utah Professor Nicholas H. Wolfinger suggests that Republicans have happier marriages than Democrats.
by Alex Swoyer18 Aug 2015, 6:15 PM PST0

In his weekly audience Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his series of reflections on the family, focusing on the situation of the divorced and remarried and their participation in the life of the Church.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Aug 2015, 6:19 PM PST0

While speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” 2016 GOP primary candidate Rick Santorum argued that the SCOTUS decision which allows same-sex marriage is not the biggest issue in the U.S.
by Trent Baker5 Jul 2015, 9:16 PM PST0

On Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his reflections on the family, addressing the delicate question of divorce and separation, as well as its effects on family members. He invited his hearers to think more about the effects that adults’ actions have on the most vulnerable, especially little ones.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.24 Jun 2015, 2:09 PM PST0

The Iranian government, alarmed at the declining rate of marriage in the Islamic Republic, has announced it will officially launch a free online “matchmaking service” that officials insist is not a dating site. Unlike a dating site, users have no choice in who they are paired with upon subscribing to the service.
by Frances Martel15 Jun 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) was in an Orange County, Florida court on Monday for the latest round in his messy divorce battle with his estranged wife and mother of his five children, Lolita.
by Sarah Rumpf19 May 2015, 9:14 AM PST0

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper has granted a Brooklyn woman approval to serve her husband divorce papers over Facebook.
by Kelli Serio7 Apr 2015, 1:23 PM PST0

Texas House Representative James White (R-Woodville) has filed H.B. 547 relating to the creation and dissolution of a covenant marriage. The law would allow couples to select to enter into an agreement for a covenant marriage. The law applies to populations between 54,000 and 56,000 in which more than 250 divorces are granted each year, or to counties where the commissioners court in the county have adopted an order authorizing persons to enter into covenant marriages. Bills providing for covenant marriages in Texas have not been successful in the past.
by Lana Shadwick25 Mar 2015, 6:07 AM PST0

A New Jersey rabbi spent his second day on trial for allegedly charging undercover FBI agents to kidnap a man and force him to give his wife a religious divorce, called a “get.” Attorneys for Rabbi Mendel Epstein characterize him as a “defender of women’s rights.”
by William Bigelow22 Feb 2015, 8:37 AM PST0