Community is not a liberal word

Without strong families positioned within strong communities, the size of the state will remain bloated and unwieldy

November 27, 2009 | by Dave Quist and Andrea Mrozek

Endnotes

  1. Milke, M. (2006). A Nation of Serfs. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. p. 223.
  2. 2006 Census: Family Portrait, Statistics Canada. Cohabitation rates are on the rise as marriage rates decline.
  3. A body of social science research shows that cohabitation is less stable. For more information, see W. Bradford Wilcox, et al. (2005). Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition: Twenty-six Conclusions from the Social Sciences. New York: Institute for American Values. Other authors for reference include Andrew Cherlin, Maggie Gallagher, Linda Waite and Paul Amato.
  4. Walberg, R., Mrozek, A. (June 2009). Private Choices, Public Costs: How Failing Families Cost Us All. Ottawa: Institute of Marriage and Family Canada.
  5. Eberly, D. (2008). The Rise of Global Civil Society – Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up. New York: Encounter Books, p. 30.
  6. Roback Morse, J. (2001). Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-faire Family Doesn’t Work. Dallas: Spence Publishing Company, p. 58.
  7. Ibid.
  8. de Tocqueville, A. (1835). Democracy in America. Retrieved online November 5, 2009, through the University of Virginia, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/colophon.html.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Gairdner, W. (1992). The War against the Family. Toronto: Stoddart, p. 22.
  11. Gairdner, p. 24-25.
  12. There is much empirical data to suggest marriage is critical for children. For further details on how marriage helps children on different outcome scales, try Waite, L. and Gallagher, M. (2000). The Case for Marriage. New York: Doubleday; W.Bradford Wilcox, et al. (2005). Why Marriage Matters. Twenty-six conclusions from the social sciences, 2nd Edition. New York: Institute for American Values.
  13. For further details on how marriage helps avoid poverty, try Hymowitz, K. (2006). Marriage and Caste in America. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee; Duncan Smith, I. (Chairman). (2006, December). Breakdown Britain. Social Justice Policy Group, London: The Centre for Social Justice.
  14. Walberg, Mrozek, Private Choices, Public Costs: How Failing Families Cost Us All.
  15. Mintz, J. (Spring/Summer 2008). “Taxing Families: Does the System Need an Overhaul?” Ottawa: Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http://www.imfcanada.org/issues/taxing-families-does-system-need-overhaul