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Children's Interests In A Family Context - A Cautionary Note, James G. Dwyer
Children's Interests In A Family Context - A Cautionary Note, James G. Dwyer
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The Defense Of Traditional Marriage, George W. Dent
The Defense Of Traditional Marriage, George W. Dent
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This article reviews the possible justifications for legal recognition of marriage and finds some, such as encouraging stable, loving relationships, unpersuasive. However, other rationales-including protecting children, socializing adults, and promoting individual happiness-are valid, and these rationales apply only to traditional marriages. Accordingly, society has strong reasons to favor traditional marriage and to deny such treatment to the unmarried and to homosexual, endogamous and bestial relationships.
How Children In Cults May Use Emancipation Laws To Free Themselves, Robin A. Boyle
How Children In Cults May Use Emancipation Laws To Free Themselves, Robin A. Boyle
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The author examines how children who are born into cults or brought into them at a young age can use state emancipation laws to gain independence when they are in their mid-teens, so long as they can demonstrate criteria that their states have established. Commonly, states require a showing that the minor has achieved some level of economic self-sufficiency and can live emotionally and physically independently from his or her parents. There are some difficulties for cultic children in demonstrating these criteria, but the obstacles are not insurmountable.