http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Family and Marriage Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:06 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation Taken as a whole, these 12 policies serve to undermine traditional families, devalue life and human dignity, and weaken civil society in American life. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2690.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Katherine Bradley and Charles A. Donovan Family and Marriage Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:49:35 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2690.cfm Supporters of Proposition 8 in California have been subjected to harassment, intimidation, vandalism, racial scapegoating, blacklisting, loss of employment, economic hardships, angry protests, violence, at least one death threat, and gross expressions of anti-religious bigotry. Arguments for same-sex marriage are based fundamentally on the idea that limiting marriage to the union of husband and wife is a form of bigotry, irrational prejudice, and even hatred against homosexual persons. As this ideology seeps into the culture more generally, individuals and institutions that support marriage as the union of husband and wife risk paying a price for that belief in many legal, social, economic, and cultural contexts. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2328.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Thomas M. Messner Family and Marriage Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:53:14 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2328.cfm Supporters of Proposition 8 in California have been subjected to harassment, intimidation, vandalism, racial scapegoating, blacklisting, loss of employment, economic hardships, angry protests, violence, at least one death threat, and gross expressions of anti-religious bigotry. Arguments for same-sex marriage are based fundamentally on the idea that limiting marriage to the union of husband and wife is a form of bigotry, irrational prejudice, and even hatred against homosexual persons. As this ideology seeps into the culture more generally, individuals and institutions that support marriage as the union of husband and wife risk paying a price for that belief in many legal, social, economic, and cultural contexts. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2328es.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Thomas M. Messner Family and Marriage Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:04:08 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2328es.cfm Emphasizing social policy means rediscovering the conservatism of Edmund Burke. There will be no sustainable reduction in the size of the state if civil society doesn’t become stronger, nurturing self-sufficient and vigorous citizens; no possibility of light-touch regulation if certain moral values are absent from our culture; and no competitive economy if families don’t encourage their children to learn and excel. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/hl1117.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith Family and Marriage Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:13:27 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/hl1117.cfm Within the first quarter of 2009, the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress have advanced a number of policies that will undermine family and religious freedom in America. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2389.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Jennifer A. Marshall and Katherine Bradley Family and Marriage Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:21:16 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2389.cfm President-elect Obama, the collapse of marriage is the most important social problem facing the nation. When the War on Poverty began in the 1960s, 7 percent of U.S. children were born outside of marriage. Today, the number is 38 percent. Among blacks, it is 69 percent. You are in a unique position to reverse this alarming trend. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr0045.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Robert Rector Family and Marriage Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:24:40 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr0045.cfm President-elect Obama, you have stated on more than one occasion that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. You have also explained that you do not favor same-sex marriage. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr0046.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Thomas M. Messner and Jennifer A. Marshall Family and Marriage Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:27:45 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr0046.cfm CEDAW is an ineffective and inappropriate instrument for advancing women’s rights. It has accomplished little to improve women’s rights in some of the most oppressive nations that have ratified it, such as Saudi Arabia. American women’s freedom and personal dignity is best protected by the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law it establishes. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2227.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Grace Smith Melton Family and Marriage Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:35:07 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2227.cfm Families remain one of the most powerful socializing influences on the sexual attitudes and behaviors of adolescents. Adolescents from intact family structures are less likely than their peers from non-intact family backgrounds to engage in sexual activity. Moreover, when adolescents from intact families do become sexually active, they tend to do so at an older age than their counterparts from non-intact families. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr25.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Samuel W. Sturgeon Family and Marriage Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:38:47 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr25.cfm Judicial decisions redefining marriage to include same-sex unions state that limiting marriage to men and women is a form of unacceptable dis-crimination against homosexuals. Individuals and institutions that believe mar­riage is a relationship between a man and a woman could lose access to government ben­efits and become subject to costly lawsuits under nondiscrimination laws that protect sexual orientation, gender, and marital status. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2201.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Thomas M. Messner Family and Marriage Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:29 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/bg2201.cfm