How Obergefell Failed - First Things

From being a means to bringing up children, it has become primarily a way in which two adults affirm their emotional commitment to one another.”

What is evolving is a collapse of traditional marriage and massive uncertainty regarding relationships. Some studies report a decline of sexual activity, decline of emotional commitment, and so on. What is created then is the anguish of freedom. When there is no rule as a guide, you confront the problem that it is not clear what to do.

the way in which the evangelical church has taken a stand against homosexuality has watered down our good news.

Les gens, dans l’immense majorité, continuent de souhaiter se marier. Mais les sociologues constatent que le mariage est de plus en plus perçu comme une pierre de faîte – un aboutissement – plutôt qu’une clé de voûte – un fondement. Autrefois, on se mariait, et c’est le mariage qui faisait d’un individu une personne autodisciplinée, ordonnée, capab

The advice I used to give couples earlier in my career was pretty much what you’d hear from virtually any marital therapist at the time—nothing but the same old pointers about conflict resolution and communication skills. But after looking squarely at my own data, I had to face the harsh facts: getting couples to disagree more “nicely” might reduce