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- L. Tom Perry
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What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense

April 10, 2013 11:00 AM
Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson, and Robert George defend marriage between a man and woman and the benefits that accompany the practice.
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True Love Need Not Wait: The Case for Twentysomething Marriage

April 04, 2013 06:00 PM
Brad Wilcox, professor at the University of Virginia, argues for earlier marriages, providing evidence that waiting to marry creates more risks, including reduced quality of an eventual marriage, if marriage happens at all.
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What is Marriage? - Robert P. George

January 27, 2011 06:00 PM
Robert George, professor at Princeton University, uses natural to argue that marriage is defined as between a man and woman.
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Let No Man Put Asunder: Economic Theory and the Demise of the Natural Family

January 27, 2011 06:00 PM
Catherine Pakaluk, professor at Ave Maria University, defines and defends the "natural family" as a married man, woman, and their offspring, and discusses forces degrading its structure.
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Why Marriage Matters: A Natural Law Perspective on Marriage and Family Life

January 27, 2011 11:00 AM
W. Bradford Wilcox, professor at the University of Virginia, reflects on the ways a natural law perspective fits what is now known scientifically about how marriage matters and why marriage matters to children.
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