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Michigan Family Perspectives
March 22, 2009
REDISCOVERING MARRIAGE 2009
Welcome to our first quarter 2009 edition of the Michigan Family Defender!
This edition of our newsletter focuses on Michigan's economic recovery and how this is related to the culture of life and the human systems that support it.
Many have heard this term, "culture of life," but are unsure just what this means. As it is used here, it refers to a system of values and behaviors founded upon natural law that reveres and safeguards all human life from conception to natural death as sacred. This includes the institutions that support and protect human life such as marriage, family, and parenthood.
A strong and healthy society supports the culture of life by honoring and safeguarding these natural human institutions with the operations of its social and economic institutions and of the code of ethical behavior of its professions. These include the law itself, the jurisprudence, criminal justice and educational systems, government, business, houses of worship, medicine, and all of the helping professions.
We believe the founding fathers established the culture of life with these words in the Declaration of Independence of 1776:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
This issue examines the pathway to Michigan's recovery by exploring how our state and its communities will revere and safeguard marriage, family and parenthhood.
CLICK HERE to read the newsletter now.
CLICK HERE to read the individual articles in a plain text website format.
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What Will Michigan's Recovery Be Founded Upon?
Marriage or Cohabitation?
Children Born In Married Families or Out of Wedlock?
Children Reared by Parents or by Bureaucrats?
Marriage or Divorce?
ENDING AMERICA'S CYCLE OF BROKENNESS...
What can YOU do to strengthen America and your family?
Read The Michigan Family Defender!
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In this issue...
Ground Zero for Recovery
By Jay Fedewa, PE
Pundits cite many reasons for Michigan’s morbid economy. Most center around the business climate—for example, anti-business tax policy, inflexible and unresponsive state bureaucracy, high union labor costs, and decision-making overly invested in the automotive sector.
read more
Is Immaturity a Factor in Our Current Anti-Family Culture?
By John Naperkoski
After a recent conversation about the plague of brokenness affecting Michigan families, I began to see some parallels in my counseling practice with marital clients and the current state of marriages and families here in the Detroit metropolitan area.
read more
Detroit-The Broken Family
By Roi L. Chinn
In 1965, as he prepared to launch his “Great Society” programs, President Lyndon B. Johnson affirmed the importance of family values in an address at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
read more
How To Reform No Fault Divorce
By Mike McManus
After two weeks and dozens of calls, the top person in the American Bar Association finally talked to me about No Fault Divorce. What Anita Ventrelli, Chair of the ABA’s Family Law Section, said was shocking.
read more
Marriage is Pro-Life
A Duty To Protect Human Life and the One-Flesh Union
By Michael T. Ross, MD & Kathy Garcia-Lawson, PhD
Discernment, a fundamental virtue, is the ability to distinguish ‘good’ from evil. This faculty is critical for managing the daily demands that influence the behavior of individuals, organizations and communities. The ability to discern shapes our perspectives about human life, marriage and children.
read more
In Search Of A Safe Harbor
By Judy Parejko
Marriage is supposed to be the safe harbor for raising children. But when no-fault divorce laws were introduced, the safe harbor was lost because marriage became disposable.
read more
Memo to the President: Let Hope Rule Out Fear in Abortion Policy
By Michael T. Ross, MD and Fr. Lawrence M. Ventline, D.Min.
Promising to heal this nation’s great divide, to rekindle neighborliness and responsibility and to make the White House the people’s home prompts us to ask you, Mr. President, how serious are you about these clarion calls to our common humanity?
read more
Should Government Prescribe ‘Mental Health’?
By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD
Eleven-year-old diabetic, Kara Neumann could no longer walk or speak, but her parents, Leilani and Dale Neumann of Wausau, Wisconsin still believed God alone would cure her. By the time an ambulance rushed her to a hospital, juvenile diabetes, dehydration and keto-acidosis had claimed her life—sadly, so preventable. Many would argue this was a case for CPS, juvenile court, and a ‘medical negligence’ charge.
read more
Ultimate Purpose
By Michael McCormick
Most would agree that improvement of America’s family law systems requires knowledge of the role of the legal profession in the courtroom and in areas of public policy and statute development. Attorneys influence all of these sectors.
read more
FRC-PAC Update
FRC Values Win in Over 70 percent of Elections
By Mark Havas
During the November 2008 General Election, the Family Rights Coalition PAC endorsed candidates who supported equal parenting and preservation of marriage and family in Michigan.
read more
FRC Monthly Meetings
Click here to read the upcoming meetings.
CLICK HERE to read the entire Michigan Family Defender newsletter now!
Visit Our Website Unsubscribe
The Michigan
Family Defender
The Michigan Family Defender is published on a quarterly basis. If you are a leader or just a citizen involved in these issues, we invite you to submit an article or letter to the editor for publication. The deadline for our next issue is May 15, 2009. Articles should be under 700 words. You can mail your articles to The Family Rights Coalition, P.O. Box 366; Troy, MI 48099 or send them embedded in the body of the e-mail to mtross152@comcast.net.
CLICK HERE to read the newsletter now!
phone: (248) 275-6234 • e-mail: info@frcmi.org • www.frcmi.org
Uniting For Our Families
Michigan Family Perspectives
March 22, 2009
REDISCOVERING MARRIAGE 2009
Welcome to our first quarter 2009 edition of the Michigan Family Defender!
This edition of our newsletter focuses on Michigan's economic recovery and how this is related to the culture of life and the human systems that support it.
Many have heard this term, "culture of life," but are unsure just what this means. As it is used here, it refers to a system of values and behaviors founded upon natural law that reveres and safeguards all human life from conception to natural death as sacred. This includes the institutions that support and protect human life such as marriage, family, and parenthood.
A strong and healthy society supports the culture of life by honoring and safeguarding these natural human institutions with the operations of its social and economic institutions and of the code of ethical behavior of its professions. These include the law itself, the jurisprudence, criminal justice and educational systems, government, business, houses of worship, medicine, and all of the helping professions.
We believe the founding fathers established the culture of life with these words in the Declaration of Independence of 1776:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
This issue examines the pathway to Michigan's recovery by exploring how our state and its communities will revere and safeguard marriage, family and parenthhood.
CLICK HERE to read the newsletter now.
CLICK HERE to read the individual articles in a plain text website format.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What Will Michigan's Recovery Be Founded Upon?
Marriage or Cohabitation?
Children Born In Married Families or Out of Wedlock?
Children Reared by Parents or by Bureaucrats?
Marriage or Divorce?
ENDING AMERICA'S CYCLE OF BROKENNESS...
What can YOU do to strengthen America and your family?
Read The Michigan Family Defender!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In this issue...
Ground Zero for Recovery
By Jay Fedewa, PE
Pundits cite many reasons for Michigan’s morbid economy. Most center around the business climate—for example, anti-business tax policy, inflexible and unresponsive state bureaucracy, high union labor costs, and decision-making overly invested in the automotive sector.
read more
Is Immaturity a Factor in Our Current Anti-Family Culture?
By John Naperkoski
After a recent conversation about the plague of brokenness affecting Michigan families, I began to see some parallels in my counseling practice with marital clients and the current state of marriages and families here in the Detroit metropolitan area.
read more
Detroit-The Broken Family
By Roi L. Chinn
In 1965, as he prepared to launch his “Great Society” programs, President Lyndon B. Johnson affirmed the importance of family values in an address at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
read more
How To Reform No Fault Divorce
By Mike McManus
After two weeks and dozens of calls, the top person in the American Bar Association finally talked to me about No Fault Divorce. What Anita Ventrelli, Chair of the ABA’s Family Law Section, said was shocking.
read more
Marriage is Pro-Life
A Duty To Protect Human Life and the One-Flesh Union
By Michael T. Ross, MD & Kathy Garcia-Lawson, PhD
Discernment, a fundamental virtue, is the ability to distinguish ‘good’ from evil. This faculty is critical for managing the daily demands that influence the behavior of individuals, organizations and communities. The ability to discern shapes our perspectives about human life, marriage and children.
read more
In Search Of A Safe Harbor
By Judy Parejko
Marriage is supposed to be the safe harbor for raising children. But when no-fault divorce laws were introduced, the safe harbor was lost because marriage became disposable.
read more
Memo to the President: Let Hope Rule Out Fear in Abortion Policy
By Michael T. Ross, MD and Fr. Lawrence M. Ventline, D.Min.
Promising to heal this nation’s great divide, to rekindle neighborliness and responsibility and to make the White House the people’s home prompts us to ask you, Mr. President, how serious are you about these clarion calls to our common humanity?
read more
Should Government Prescribe ‘Mental Health’?
By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD
Eleven-year-old diabetic, Kara Neumann could no longer walk or speak, but her parents, Leilani and Dale Neumann of Wausau, Wisconsin still believed God alone would cure her. By the time an ambulance rushed her to a hospital, juvenile diabetes, dehydration and keto-acidosis had claimed her life—sadly, so preventable. Many would argue this was a case for CPS, juvenile court, and a ‘medical negligence’ charge.
read more
Ultimate Purpose
By Michael McCormick
Most would agree that improvement of America’s family law systems requires knowledge of the role of the legal profession in the courtroom and in areas of public policy and statute development. Attorneys influence all of these sectors.
read more
FRC-PAC Update
FRC Values Win in Over 70 percent of Elections
By Mark Havas
During the November 2008 General Election, the Family Rights Coalition PAC endorsed candidates who supported equal parenting and preservation of marriage and family in Michigan.
read more
FRC Monthly Meetings
Click here to read the upcoming meetings.
CLICK HERE to read the entire Michigan Family Defender newsletter now!
Visit Our Website Unsubscribe
The Michigan
Family Defender
The Michigan Family Defender is published on a quarterly basis. If you are a leader or just a citizen involved in these issues, we invite you to submit an article or letter to the editor for publication. The deadline for our next issue is May 15, 2009. Articles should be under 700 words. You can mail your articles to The Family Rights Coalition, P.O. Box 366; Troy, MI 48099 or send them embedded in the body of the e-mail to mtross152@comcast.net.
CLICK HERE to read the newsletter now!
phone: (248) 275-6234 • e-mail: info@frcmi.org • www.frcmi.org
Uniting For Our Families
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