To Have a Better Society, We Need to Refocus on the Family

Marital, and subsequently familial, cohesion or disintegration is now the definitive barometer of the health or illness of the social fabric of our country.
To Have a Better Society, We Need to Refocus on the Family
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Timothy S. Goeglein
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Commentary
My friend and colleague Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, wrote in his book “Marriage Done Right”: “[Marriage] is a sacred union of a man and a woman that confers myriad benefits on the spouses, their children, and society at large—benefits that cannot be replicated by any other relationship. I would go so far as to say a society cannot flourish, or even long survive, without stable marriages at its core.”
Timothy S. Goeglein
Timothy S. Goeglein
Author
Timothy S. Goeglein is vice president of external and government relations at Focus on the Family in Washington, D.C., and author of the new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.”