Letters

Family

Arnold Jago

Contents - Apr 2010 - Buy a copy now Homily: Easter - from death to eternal life - Pope Benedict XVI More Australian Anglicans respond to Benedict XVI's invitation - AD2000 Report News: The Church Around the World Irish child abuse scandal and cover-ups: bishops meet with Pope - Michael Gilchrist Formation: Young Australian Catholics commit to promoting Judeo-Christian values - Richard Lyons Bishop Kevin Rhoades: Tribute to an outstanding American Church leader - Fr John Trigilio Religious freedom: UK Catholic schools forced to teach homosexuality in the classrooms - Babette Francis Foundations of Faith: How do Catholics relate to non-Christians? - Fr Dudley Perera OMI Jerusalem: Catholic soldiers' World War I military pilgrimage in the Holy Land - Tom Johnstone Real Presence: Eucharistic Adoration: ultimate weapon of spiritual warfare - Fr Martin Durham Letters: Debate needed - Fr Bernard McGrath Letters: Rosary - John R. Barich Letters: Family - Arnold Jago Letters: No citadels - Arthur N. Ballingall Letters: Why not adoption? - Tom King Books: CREED OR CHAOS: Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster, Sayers - Terri Kelleher (reviewer) Books: FROM HERMES TO BENEDICT XVI: Faith and Reason in Modern Catholic Thought - Tracey Rowland (reviewer) Books: WEDNESDAY WARRIORS: Doing it for the Jumper, by James Gilchrist - David Perrin (reviewer) Poetry: Jerusalem, Town of Contrasts - John O'Brien Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: The Resurrection: cornerstone of the Christian faith - Fr Dennis Byrnes

Marriage provides a more stable family environment for children than does living with unmarried parents. Ten times more stable.

Recent British research, surveying almost 30,000 families, found that 75 percent of married couples having children stay together until the child's sixteenth birthday. Only seven percent of couples unmarried when their child was born are still together when he/she turns 16.

This confirms that families headed by traditionally-married, biological parents are, in fact, the most secure environment for a child.

Meanwhile, a 'same-sex marriage' bill was defeated in the Australian Senate on 25 February 2010, by 45 votes to 5.

Those voting for it were all Greens Party members - a party ever so keen to provide the best environment for trees, whales, lizards, etc. - trying to promote what is, arguably, the worst possible environment for young humans.

ARNOLD JAGO (DR)
Mildura, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 23 No 3 (April 2010), p. 15