Romania’s Marriage Referendum In a span covering less than three weeks, from the end of September through the beginning of October 2018, the European Union, Romania’s main political parties, politicians, mass media, and social media trolls succeeded in annihilating the greatest democratic endeavor in Romania’s post-communist era: the defeat of the citizens-initiated constitutional amendment to […]
Read MoreThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Its Article 16 At 70 years and counting from the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is easy to forget that “What is most surprising about the Declaration is that it happened at all.”[1] How it happened is a story that began long ago but […]
Read MoreThe family is a natural union consisting of a husband and a wife, a father and a mother, a man and a woman together with their natural offspring or adopted children. The family, rooted in the marriage of a man and a woman, historically has been protected because it is a personal relationship with public […]
Read MoreThe idea for a World Congress of Families was conceived in Moscow, Russia, in January 1995. The initial purpose was to compare and contrast family trends in the East and the West. Specifically, to what degree were negative family developments in the Eastern nations recently freed from communism—plummeting marriage and fertility rates, rising out-of-wedlock births […]
Read MoreMonseigneur le Prince Louis de Bourbon, duc d’Anjou Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic of Moldova, Your Holiness, Eminence, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends, First of all, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on the subject of the family at the opening of this international symposium. This subject is important to […]
Read MorePresident of the Republic of Moldova From September 14-16, 2018, participants in World Congress of Families XII gathered in the beautiful and culturally rich Republic of Moldova to discuss both the victories of and challenges facing the pro-family movement around the world. The following three addresses were delivered at the plenary session of WCF XII. […]
Read MoreEminent sociologist Carle Zimmerman’s Family and Civilization is widely considered to be a classic. It is a tour de force on family structure. And its largely accurate prophecies make its age (over 70 years) even more valuable. It’s not clear whether Zimmerman’s succinct first sentence is motivated by his profession or his interest as a […]
Read MoreHippocratic Oath 1. I swear by Apollo the physician, and Asclepius, and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses as my witnesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this contract: 2. To hold him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, […]
Read MoreThe Who, Where, and Why of Couple-Operated Business Ventures American Copreneurs: The Who, Where, and Why of Couple-Operated Business Ventures Nicole M. King Perhaps nowhere in literature is the idea of a home-based economy more evident than in the works of Kentucky agrarian writer Wendell Berry. In the fictional lives of the members of the […]
Read MoreRebuilding an Economy Focused on Family and Community The Great Recession of 2008-2009 brought to the surface old truths that many chose to forget when times seemed to be good: The business cycle has not been eliminated; finance capitalism is by nature unstable; politically connected corporations commonly escape market discipline; and there is nothing conservative […]
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