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The "Me
Generation"
Old-Time Values, Manners,
Extended Families Charlotte Allen, a feminist, claims that old -fashioned
morals, manners and family structures gave women more freedom and
fulfillment, not less. Article by John Crouch,
Attorney at Law, Crouch & Crouch,Arlington,
Virginia
Lawyer-turned-freelance
writer Charlotte Allen brought a wholly unexpected message to the College
of William & Mary on March 29 and 30. Traditional
manners and extended families allowed women more freedom, privacy, power
and self-worth than they gain from the fragmented families and communities
produced by the modern "cult of self-fulfillment," she argued.
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SECRETS OF A
HAPPY HOME
Rev. Olukayode Oyedeji
If
there is anything, above all else, that everyone everywhere is yearning
for on earth today, it is that state we call happiness. To a lot of people however,
happiness is frustratingly elusive.
And this is even more so in the family life. First of all, we need to
understand that Principles govern human existence. Look everywhere around you and you
will find these principles in operation. They are called natural laws.
Secondly, these principles or laws that govern human existence are no
respecter of persons.
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The WAY of the WEST
- Just Statistics
"The national divorce rate is
4.6, according to a compilation of new data recently released by the Family
Research Council. In 1994, 4.6 of every 1,000 Americans divorced. ... Currently,
divorce laws in almost every state give greater legal rights to spouses who want
to end the marriage than to spouses who want to try to work out their marital
problems. According to FRC's 1995 Family Issues Survey, 55 percent of the
American public want to see these laws modified to offer greater protection to
spouses interested in saving the marriage."
Quoted
from the Family Research Council's State-by-state divorce rates 1994
The divorce rate has quadrupled from 4.3
million in 1970 to 18.3 million in 1996. Quoted from
Census Bureau's release about its MARITAL STATUS AND
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
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