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For the last few weeks I have been writing about the battle to defend the foundations of marriage in DC and beyond. Last week several thousand DC residents joined me on Freedom Plaza to protect God's first institution....
tnr.com - 10/27/2009
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Up from History: The Life of Booker T.
Washington By Robert J. Norrell (Harvard University Press, 508...
pp., $35) I. Once the most famous and influential African American in the United States (and probably the world), Booker T. ...
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The Race Man
townhall.com - 10/30/2009
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townhall.com —
This past week, DC city council member Jack
Evans vehemently warned DC citizens that if they took...
their concerns about marriage to Capitol Hill there would be grave "consequences." Knowing that he and his colleagues...
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Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: Democracy is Shrinking in DC
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HARRY JACKSON JR. OP-ED: Marriage On Life Support
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In the United States of America, asserts the conservative pastor: "The Census Bureau has issued a survey, which shows that the number of Americans who are married is shrinking. Only 52 percent of males (aged 15 and older) and 48 percent of females (aged 15 and older) are currently legally married. This trend is not new as the number of married Americans has been diminishing for decades. The most recent figures, however, are the lowest in 50 years. Not only is the number of married people shrinking, the median age of those who enter into their first marriage is climbing. People are waiting longer to marry, if at all. Currently, the median age at which men ...
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