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Marriage & Family in the United Kingdom -  AN OVERVIEW

We provide this excellent document so that readers can see that there are well-organised groups elsewhere who are able to clearly identify, as we do, the attacks that are being launched daily against Christianity, Life and the Family

This document has been drawn up by a team of Christian professional and voluntary workers who are members of the The Maranatha Community, who all have considerable experience of counselling and social work amongst families in need

The social problems that inevitably arise from government policies which seek to undermine the family founded on Marriage are well-documented. 

There is no doubt that the will exists to combat these subversive policies and combined with the new knowledge that we are able to offer on the legal front the future looks a lot brighter for those who truly care about society.

*** New Study ***    21 Reasons Why Gender Matters

We live in an age of gender confusion. Much of this is a result of the deliberate attempt by various social engineers to convince us that gender is not fixed or static, but fluid and changeable; that there are not two genders but many genders; that gender is really a social construct; that gender roles are interchangeable; that humans are really androgynous; and that gender is not important in human relationships.

Gender role modelling is also on the decrease, because more and more children are growing up in households other than the mother-father household within a Family based on Marriage. The great majority of single-parent households are where fathers have been systematically expelled by the unholy alliance of big-business and big-government. Many children are growing up without a father figure and social policy has ousted male teachers to create a predominance of female teachers. In this climate boys lack good male role models and girls lack a Father to protect them and teach them how to relate to the opposite sex.

Confusion over gender is thus compounded and passed on to future generations. One of the main examples of gender confusion is what some are calling gender disorientation pathology. This is the term used to describe homosexual, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender relationships. In these and other cases, there is a major distortion or disordering of the male or female gender, and a confusion of both gender and sexuality.

This document lays out the case for the importance of male and female genders, and argues against the new androgyny and the social engineering taking place in the arena of gender. It examines some of the evidence that shows men and women are different, including the fact that our brains are different, our biochemistry is different, our hormones are different, our strength levels are different, our physical designs and sizes are different, and therefore our needs for protection and security are different. 

 Marriage Breakdown and Unwed Childbearing Costs Billions to Tax-payers

This study documents for the first time that divorce and unwed childbearing--besides being bad for children--are also costing taxpayers a ton of money," said David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values.  "Even a small improvement in the health of marriage in America would result in enormous savings to taxpayers," he continued. "For example, a 1 percent reduction in rates of family fragmentation would save taxpayers $1.1 billion."

"These costs are due to increased taxpayer expenditures for anti-poverty, criminal justice, and education programs, and through lower levels of taxes paid by individuals whose adult productivity has been negatively affected by increased childhood poverty caused by family fragmentation," said principal investigator Ben Scafidi, Ph.D., economics professor at Georgia College & State University. "

Prior research shows that marriage lifts single mothers out of poverty and therefore reduces the need for costly social benefits," said Scafidi. "This new report shows that public concern about the decline of marriage need not be based only on 'moral' concerns, but that reducing high taxpayer costs of family fragmentation is a legitimate concern of government, policymakers and legislators, as well as community reformers and faith communities."

This report now provides the basis for a national consensus that strengthening marriage is a legitimate and vital policy concern of government.

Fit for Mission - Schools

A wonderful new report by the Catholic Bishop of Lancaster in which he lays down the Blueprint that schools MUST follow if they claim to provide a Catholic ethos. In particular he asserts that sex education is a basic right of parents, and must be carried out under their close supervision, whether at home or in educational centres chosen and controlled by them (The Holy See, Charter of the Rights of the Family, Article 5 in Benedict XVI, Families in Christ: Words of encouragement, CTS, 2006.)

Sex education must only be delegated to others with the express direction of the parents and must be given to each child on an individual basis within a family context (The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, 23) Only indirect sex education should occur during the ‘latency period’ of children, usually from around 5 years to puberty (The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, 78). No material of an erotic nature must be presented either individually or in a group (The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, 126).

Bunreacht na hÉireann (The Constitution of Ireland)

Articles 40-44 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, Article 40 PERSONAL RIGHTS, Article 41 THE FAMILY, Article 42 EDUCATION, Article 43 PRIVATE PROPERTY, Article 44 RELIGION

Family Breakdown*

Ireland has in the past had the enviable advantage of being more than ten years behind the US and UK societies in succumbing to the social evils of family fracture, yet neither the government, nor the church nor any leading NGO has learned a single lesson from this advance warning and Ireland is now arguably the furthest society down the road to purgatory.

In the UK the next government will undoubtedly be the Conservatives. They have at last woken up from their post Thatcher stupor and have created their Social Justice Policy Group to direct policy for their term in office.

Their first offering, "Breakdown Britain: Interim report on the state of the nation" has just been published and is available in whole or in parts from the link below.

By so doing the Conservative Party hope to establish a policy framework, which will support families achieve what they almost universally desire, a stable, nurturing and permanent environment to the benefit of its members, the wider family network, and society as a whole.   The statistics indicate that Marriages are far more likely to provide a stable environment for adults and children than cohabitation and are more resilient when the family is facing a crisis or stressful life event such as child-bearing and the best news of all is that, contrary media propaganda, 80% of young people still wish to get married at some time in the future - and remain with one partner for life!

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Marriage and the Public Good - Ten Principles

In recent years, marriage has weakened, with serious negative consequences for society as a whole. Four developments are especially troubling: divorce, illegitimacy, cohabitation, and same-sex marriage.

The purpose of this document is to make a substantial new contribution to the public debate over marriage. Too often, the rational case for marriage is not made at all or not made very well. As scholars, we are persuaded that the case for marriage can be made and won at the level of reason. Marriage protects children, men and women, and the common good. The health of marriage is particularly important in a free society, which depends upon citizens to govern their private lives and rear their children responsibly, so as to limit the scope, size, and power of the state. The nation's retreat from marriage has been particularly consequential for our society's most vulnerable communities: minorities and the poor pay a disproportionately heavy price when marriage declines in their communities. Marriage also offers men and women as spouses a good they can have in no other way: a mutual and complete giving of the self. Thus, marriage understood as the enduring union of husband and wife is both a good in itself and also advances the public interest.

We affirm the following ten principles that summarize the value of marriage- a choice that most people want to make, and that society should endorse and support.

Download - [Bill as Passed - Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964]

"If we can not know whether the courts are applying the law as passed by our legislators without editing or interference from another source our sovereignty is violated and every Act is now questionable as to its veracity. It also raises the huge question as to what subversive group has edited the legislation before it was published by the government stationery office".

In this instance where it applies to the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 it means that Constitutional protections given to parents very likely have been violated by the courts for the past forty years through implementation of incorrect text.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions how we can get an actual copy of the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 as actually passed by the Oireachtas and signed by the President from the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, as the enrolled text which are by Constitutional mandate held there are the only "conclusive evidence of the provisions of such law" then please tell us.

Why Wives File for Divorce

A report published in America,  "These Boots Are Made for Walking:" Why Wives File for Divorce" by Margaret F. Brinig and Douglas W. Allen shows that the over-riding reason why a parent initiates a separation or divorce is driven by self-interest. This confronts the myth that is widespread - no doubt to cover the embarrassment of women who are the applicant in 95% of cases where there are children in the marriage - that the application is made because of their concerns for the welfare of the children.

Applications for custody, separation and divorce come under "private" family law, ie they are civil actions brought by one parent against their spouse specifically to obtain some money or property from them.

In private family law, which accounts for 99% of all family law, the study found that individuals apply to the courts for separation or divorce when they have a high expectation of obtaining custody of the children and the lion's share of the family's assets through the exploitation of their spouse.

Centre For Policy Studies (UK)
Fascinating Articles with Astounding Information

The aim of the Centre for Policy Studies is to develop and promote policies that provide freedom and encouragement for individuals to pursue the aspirations they have for themselves and their families, within the security and obligations of a stable and law-abiding nation. The views expressed in our publications are, however, the sole responsibility of the authors. Contributions are chosen for their value in informing public debate and should not be taken as representing a corporate view of the CPS or of its Directors. The CPS values its independence and does not carry on activities with the intention of affecting public support for any registered political party or for candidates at election, or to influence voters in a referendum.

EU Regulation to Overturn Parental Rights [View pdf]

Without any democratic process, this EU Regulation lumps Ireland in with the United Kingdom for Family Law and sets the new EU Super State as the SUPER PARENT.

What is Marriage For?

Testimony Of Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph.D. April 28, 2004

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify today on this important topic. My name is Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, and I am a Co-Director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers, a research organization founded in 1997 to monitor and report on social trends affecting marriage. I would like to address three questions: What is marriage for? What do we know about the benefits of marriage for children and adults? How does marriage benefit the society?"

The Case for Father Custody By Daniel Amneus, Ph.D. (2,201kb)

This document deals with the problems of: The female kinship System or Matriarchy or The Classificatory System or Mother Right. The system of female-headed "families" which has created ghettos and barrios by encouraging women to marry the state and breed fatherless children who are eight times more likely to become delinquent.

John Rosemond's Affirmative Parenting Bill of Rights for Children.

(e.g.. Because it is the most character-building, two-letter word in the English language, children have the right to hear their parents say "No" at least three times a day).

Brides of the State Open letter sent to all TDs and Senators exposing in graphic terms how the state is distorting and undermining marriage with its subsidy of illegitimacy that is denying young men the opportunity to marry.

British Crime Survey on Domestic Violence British Crime Survey on Domestic Violence (1996).

The most extensive and comprehensive data available worldwide. Shows that women main perpetrators and that propaganda about incidence rates are wildly exaggerated. Shows highest prevalence amongst dating couples (not really 'domestic' violence) and couples under the influence of drink and drugs. Proves that marriage is by far the safest place for women.

Child Empowerment Abuse

PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME by Richard A. Gardner, M.D The definitive work on the mechanisms of empowerment of children that is typically seen in the context of PAS.

Civitas Fatherless Family

The Fatherless Family by Rebecca O'Neill .Civitas. How does the Fatherless Family Affect Adults, Children and Society and the Effects on the Social Fabric.

Constitution Reform Boss

Constitutional and Legal Reform in Ireland, 1937-1998: The American Context by Michael Boss The important truth showing how the Constitution is a social 'manifesto' reflecting Eamon deValera's personal perceptions of the threats to the values of the national community posed by the spreading of a modern, 'Americanised' culture.

Constitutional Parental Rights Duncan

The constitutional protection of parental rights by William Duncan Explores some of the advantages and disadvantages of according a fundamental status in law to parental rights and duties.

Coughlan EU Conference

IRISH PRESIDENCY CONFERENCE 2004. Families, Change and Social Policy in Europe Opening speech by Mary Coughlan TD Minister for Social Welfare and Family Affairs, Ireland

Court Rules Solicitors   (Litigating in Ireland).

Concise History and Sources of Law WILLIAM FRY

Denham Judgement - Cathy Sinnott

"The Constitution does not recognise a special role for fathers. However, at the time when the Constitution was enacted, as case law illustrates, the father had a dominant authority in the family. It was taken for granted that he would provide for the family and lead the family."

[Irish] Department of Health Strategy2000-5

Misandry by the Department of Health in the fraudulent way it presents data regarding the health of men and women to divert funding and resources away from caring for men.

Department of Social Welfare - Families & Family Life

Families and Family Life in Ireland. Propaganda published by the Department of Social Welfare to 'justify' their anti-marriage policies.

Domestic Violence is a TWO WAY STREET

Small pamphlet on FAMILY VIOLENCE by Men's Health Network showing Domestic Violence is a 'A Two-way Street'

Domestic Violence - Graves

The fraud that the Domestic Violence industry is a liberator of women Highlighting the writings of Tom Graves, he clearly illustrates, using both forensic and rigorous psychological techniques, the futility and downright deceit of any group that proposes that domestic violence data underpins the feminist dogma that men exploit women and children through violently enforcing their superiority within the institution of marriage. The definitive work.

Effects of Divorce (Heritage Council)

THE EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON AMERICA by PATRICK F. FAGAN AND ROBERT RECTOR. An indictment of the divorce industry. Gives comprehensive data on the negative effects for children, parents and society in the USA.

Equality Mama!

Song Words by Andy King

Trends in suicide in England and Wales, 1982-96

This article, the first of two, updates previous analyses of suicides published in Population Trends. Suicide trends in England and Wales are analysed by age and sex. Analyses by method and occupation suggest a link between suicide rates and easy access to effective means of committing suicide.

Some key points.
Suicide rates have decreased for all marital status groups, except the single. The increase between 1982 and 1996 in the suicide rate for men aged 15-44 may be related to the decline in the proportions that are married. We also found that the self-inflicted death rate for men in prison doubled between 1982 and 1997.

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