New Releases from iMAPP The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy: Strengthening marriage for a new generation http://www.imapp.org The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy Does Divorce Law Affect the Divorce Rate? A Review of Empirical Research, 1995-2006 Did the introduction of no-divorce law affect the divorce rate? This study looks at all the empirical research since 1995 that examines the impact of no-fault divorce laws on divorce rates both in the United States and in other nations, 24 studies in all. http://www.marriagedebate.com/reg/pdf_secure.php?pdf=12 http://www.marriagedebate.com/reg/pdf_secure.php?pdf=12 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:00:00 EDT WHAT DO AMERICANS THINK ABOUT MARRIAGE? A new Pew poll was released this week to great fanfare. . . One key finding: Americans have a problem with unmarried childbearing. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucmg/20070705/cm_ucmg/whatdoamericansthinkaboutmarriage http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucmg/20070705/cm_ucmg/whatdoamericansthinkaboutmarriage Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:00:00 EDT Human Rights Campaign: Dems Support Overturning DOMA This groundbreaking and unified position of all Democratic candidates would override Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, which provides that for federal purposes, The word marriage means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word spouse refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. http://www.hrc.org http://www.hrc.org Tue, 06 Jun 2007 20:00:00 EDT The GOP Debate: Where's Marriage? Here we are at debate #3, but has anyone heard a Republican besides Mitt Romney utter their one-time favorite word 'family?' In fact, most of the top Republican presidential nominees are studiously avoiding the biggest social problem of our time, namely, family breakdown. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDY2YTY5YWY5Y2M1NmM0OGQxZGYxMDFkZWU4NjdkYTQ= http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDY2YTY5YWY5Y2M1NmM0OGQxZGYxMDFkZWU4NjdkYTQ= Tue, 06 Jun 2007 20:00:00 EDT Defining Marriage Down Does permitting same-sex marriage weaken marriage as a social institution? Or does extending to gay and lesbian couples the right to marry have little or no effect on marriage overall? http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/451noxve.asp http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/451noxve.asp Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:00:00 EDT