Families of Two: the childfree a decade later

Just out: Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled  California’s passed initiative Prop 8 violates the Constitution’s equal protection and due process rights clauses.

From his decision: ” the fact that Prop 8 passed as a voter initiative was irrelevant as ‘fundamental rights may not be submitted to [a] vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.’”

What a just victory. But the game is not over yet. The defense will appeal and wants to take it all the way to the Supreme Court.  I don’t get why opponents to same sex marriage just don’t get it–it is discrimination, plain and simple.  Many countries do get it, like Argentina…. 

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The July question: What gives your life meaning and fulfillment? How would describe your purpose in life?

Look to your right in the On-the-Ground section for August’s question!

There’s different research out there regarding marriage with and without kids and divorce. Some studies have said that childfree marriages are happier, thus more likely to go the distance.  Others have indicated that marriages that include parenthood are more likely to last longer.  Overall though, kids or not, we seem to buy the notion that half of all marriages end in divorce.

A recent Time.com article, “Are Marriage Statistics Divorced from Reality?”by Belinda Luscombe discusses this stat as a myth .. (more…)