The Price of Family Breakdown

Readings

Jennifer Roback Morse

Understanding the Divorce Culture

Austin Ruse

Why the New York Times Now Favors Adultery

Optional Readings:

Marriage and Equality, a Ruth Institute Special Report

Taken Into Custody: The War Against Fathers, Marriage and the Family, Stephen Baskerville, (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing, 2007).

Discussion Questions:

  1. What struck you about these readings?
  2. What does Dr. Morse include within the concept of “The Divorce Culture?” Do you agree with this definition?
  3. Do you know anyone who has been harmed by “The Divorce Culture?”
  4. Can you think of ways the Divorce Culture has affected society? Economics? Politics? Religion?
  5. Do you know someone who has obtained a divorce that you would consider necessary and justified? Can you think of alternatives to divorce in that situation?
  6. How can the members of the group support you this week?
  7. Whom would you like to invite next week?
Session 2