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Cohabitation is lasting longer, becoming more common
Unmarried couples who live together are staying together longer than in the past — and more of them are having children, according to new federal data that details just how cohabitation is transforming families across the U.S.
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Formation Toolbox: Gravity is real
Democracy has no place in the real world.Don't get me wrong. I'm all for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But take gravity, for example. Gravity isn't democratic. We all just... fall.
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Delayed marriage fallout: More unwed births, report says
With 48 percent of first births now outside of marriage, “today’s unmarried twentysomething moms are the new teen mothers,” says the report, released today by the National Marriage Project, the Relate Institute and the National...
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Pope Benedict XVI says lack of ‘faith’ could be used in marriage annulments
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has asked the Vatican’s highest appeals court to consider reviewing church rules on marriage annulments — a statement that may signal a change in tone more than a change in substance.
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Fewer Americans view homosexuality as a sin
Americans’ acceptance of gays and lesbians is continuing to grow, with a new poll showing that just over a third of Americans view homosexuality as a sin, down from 44 percent a year earlier.
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Vatican newspaper compares marriage equality to communism
Faced with recent setbacks in the United States and in Europe, the Catholic Church has intensified its increasingly uphill battle against gay marriage.
The latest salvo came on Monday (Dec. 17), with a front-page article in...
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Kenyan church leaders say cohabitation laws would weaken marriage
Kenyan church leaders are lining up in opposition to proposed new marriage bills, which they say will weaken marriage by allowing cohabitating couples to register as married.
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2012 shows a social sea change on gay marriage
Three times over, voters made history on Election Day, endorsing moves to allow gay marriage in Maine, Maryland and Washington state.
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Formation Toolbox: Voting, Sex… and How You FEEL
"Nowadays, no woman enters marriage as a virgin," said Seewald quoting a Brazilian supermodel. How would the Pope answer?
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Obama endorses gay marriage push in Washington state, Maine
President Barack Obama on Thursday (Oct. 25) endorsed the same-sex marriage referendum on the Washington state ballot and also formally backed a similar measure on the ballot in Maine.