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Marriage, Parentage, and the Constitution of the Family

By ADF Alliance Alert

Chuck Donovan writes at the Heritage Foundation Insider Online Web Memo #2783: "The family is a prime institution of civil society. In its origins, it is both natural and pre-political. Family is not the creature of the state but a network of relationships between a man and a woman, their offspring (if any), and the families from which they themselves come and that their union will create. In the modern era, temptations to experiment with the institutions of marriage and family have multiplied. With less emphasis on the long-term responsibilities of marriage, the consequences of redefining the institution for children and society are subordinated to the desires of adults. Rather than compound these weaknesses, policymakers and citizens should consider and adopt necessary reforms to strengthen families and rebuild civil society as the engine of the greatest human goods."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on January 29, 2010 (boomark / email).