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    Marriage provides important public benefits by organizing child rearing within a loving relationship between a mother and father, providing stability and order to sexual relationships and their consequences, and giving people a sense of purpose. It benefits both individuals and society by fostering healthy relationships and families that create social capital and a stable society. When marriage breaks down, children and communities suffer negative consequences.

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    Marriage provides important public benefits by organizing child rearing within a loving relationship between a mother and father, providing stability and order to sexual relationships and their consequences, and giving people a sense of purpose. It benefits both individuals and society by fostering healthy relationships and families that create social capital and a stable society. When marriage breaks down, children and communities suffer negative consequences.

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    Marriage provides important public benefits by organizing child rearing within a loving relationship between a mother and father, providing stability and order to sexual relationships and their consequences, and giving people a sense of purpose. It benefits both individuals and society by fostering healthy relationships and families that create social capital and a stable society. When marriage breaks down, children and communities suffer negative consequences.

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    MARRIAGE IS GOOD

    THREE IMPORTANT PUBLIC PURPOSES


    SERVED BY MARRIAGE

    1.  Societies seek to ORGANIZE THE BEARING AND


    REARING OF CHILDREN through marriage as an
    institution. Ensures that children have the love and
    support of their father and mother.
    THREE IMPORTANT PUBLIC PURPOSES
    SERVED BY MARRIAGE

    2.Marriage PROVIDES DIRECTION, ORDER, AND


    STABILITY TO ADULT SEXUAL UNIONS and to their
    economic, social, and biological consequences.
    THREE IMPORTANT PUBLIC PURPOSES
    SERVED BY MARRIAGE

    3.  Marriage CIVILIZES MEN AND WOMEN, furnishing them


    with a SENSE OF PURPOSE, NORMS, AND SOCIAL
    STATUS that orient their lives away from vice and
    toward virtue.
    INTRINSIC GOODS OF MARRIAGE
    NATURAL MUTUAL SELF-
    GIVING: fidelity ,
    acceptance : Permanence
    /Exclusivity

    ELEVATES, ORDERS, CONSTRAINS


    NATURAL DESIRES ----fidelity and
    care.

    PERFECTS SEXUAL NATURE :


    Procreative and Unitive Meaning of
    sexual drive ( Unique Biological Unity)

    NATURAL DEFENSE AGAINST


    COMMODIFICATION and
    TRIVIALIZATION OF HUMAN
    RELATIONSHIPS ( Till death....)
    EXTRINSIC GOODS OF MARRIAGE
    ( Utilitarian Goods )

    I. RELATIONAL GOOD
    A. Personal union, intended for the whole of life, of
    husband and wife. ( good of spouse )

    u  Mutual dependence and Obligation :


    STRENGTHENED by PERMANENCE

    u  Biological, Psychological, Emotional,


    Social and Sexual complementarity of the male
    and female sexes. ( shared maturity) ))
    B. Ordinarily, both men and women who marry are
    better off as a result.

    u  Marriage as a COUNTER CULTURAL INSTITUTION : A


    SELF ( LESS ) ACT

    - An opposition to a self-centered society popular


    culture : “ME,” `If it feels good, do it!' DO WHAT PLEASES
    THEM AT THE MOMENT WITHOUT A THOUGHT TO THE
    BROADER LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR
    ACTIONS.
    B. Ordinarily, both men and women who marry are
    better off as a result.

    u  Marriage has significant benefits for the well-being


    of adult men and women who enter into it.

    - emotional: security, shared responsibility, protection,


    stability, support
    - psychological : discipline, commitment, long- term
    outlook, fidelity, lowers testosterone levels
    ( moral too )
    - social : paternity, suppport
    - economic: financially, responsible expense ( savings )
    - physical : health is shared responsibility, women less
    victimized
    - moral: avoidance of risky behaviours, more civilized,
    industry,
    Benefits of a Healthy Marriage for Men
    Researchers have found many benefits for men who are in healthy
    marriages, compared to unhealthy marriages, including the following
    statistics:
    Longer lives
    Physically healthier
    Wealthier
    Increase in the stability of employment
    Higher wages
    Emotionally healthier
    Decrease risk of drug and alcohol abuse
    Have better relationships with their children
    More satisfying sexual relationship
    Less likely to commit violent crimes
    Less likely to contract STD's
    Less likely to attempt or commit suicide
    Benefits of a Healthy Marriage for Women

    More satisfying relationship


    Emotionally healthier
    Wealthier
    Less likely to be victims of domestic violence, sexual
    assault, or other violent crimes
    Less likely to attempt or commit suicide
    Decrease risk of drug and alcohol abuse
    Less likely to contract STD's
    Less likely to remain or end up in poverty
    Have better relationships with their children
    Physically healthier
    Vatican Council II affirms that the intimate
    partnership of married life and love is not only
    ordered towards the goods of offspring and
    society, but also for the good of the spouses.
    (Gaudium et Spes #48)

    John Paul II speaks of the capacity for marriage


    to cure the negative effects of sin with the help
    of God's grace in the sacraments, and through
    prayer and forgiveness in the family. (Letter to
    Families #14)
    II. PROCREATIONAL GOOD
    u  Satisfies children’s need to know their
    biological origins : FATHER and MOTHER

    - a framework of love for nurturance,


    education and development

    - seedbed of sociability and virtue

    u  Protects and nurtures mental , psychological,


    sexual, moral, emotional and social health
    of children
    II. PROCREATIONAL GOOD

    u  Sexuality differences are crucial in Parenting

    - FEMALE HORMONE : Peptide Oxytocin

    - MALE HORMONE : Testosterone


    The Church recognizes the goodness of unity and
    difference in existence. Just as the persons of the
    Trinity are different, yet have all that the other has, so
    also do men and women in marriage become fully one,
    but with different resources and ways of relating.
    (John Paul II, Letter to Families #8 & Mulieris Dignitatem #10)

    Speaking about the equal dignity of men and women,


    the U.S. Bishops address gender difference. They talk
    about particular physical and psychological gender
    traits that result in varying skills and perspectives. As
    noted above, men and women mutually benefit from
    marriage, but they receive these benefits in different
    ways. (USCCB, Follow the Way of Love, 1993, p.19)
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    A. Marriage is a wealth-creating institution,


    increasing human and social capital.

    1.  network of relationships: a key ingredient of the


    “social capital” (generosity, self-sacrifice, trust, self-
    discipline)
    - crucial in every domain of social life.
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    A. Marriage is a wealth-creating institution,


    increasing human and social capital.

    2. economy and state depend upon families to


    produce the next generation of productive workers
    and taxpayers.
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    A. Marriage is a wealth-creating institution,


    increasing human and social capital.

    3. ordered and regulated sexual relationships


    benefits human society
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    1. renewal of human capital : national economy needs


    human capital at replacement level
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    2. young stable patterns of work and self-reliance, directed


    by parents , provides basis for developing useful skills/
    gaining a profession.
    MARRIAGE BENEFITS ON CHILDREN
    ( Statistics)
    More likely to attend college
    More likely to succeed academically
    Physically healthier
    Emotionally healthier
    Less likely to succumb to drugs or alcohol abuse
    Less likely to commit delinquent behaviors
    Less likely to be a victim of physical or sexual abuse
    Be open and honest with the couples you help
    Seek wisdom and understanding from God
    Have a better relationship with their mothers and fathers
    Decreases their chances of divorcing when they get married
    Less likely to become pregnant as a teenager, or impregnate someone
    Less likely to be sexually active as teenagers
    Less likely to contract STD's
    Less likely to be raised in poverty
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    3.  Marriage/ family assist in caring for the sick and


    elderly and provide unremunerated care for their
    loved ones, paying taxes, and produce children
    forming future generations of tax-paying workers.
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    4. Marital breakdown reduces the collective welfare of


    our children, strains our justice system, weakens civil
    society : Public expenditures on criminal justice, police,
    courts, and prisons

    Crime is driven in part by the breakdown of marriage.


    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    5. When marriage weakens, the equality gap widens, as


    children suffer from the disadvantages of growing up in
    homes without committed mothers and fathers.
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    6. A functioning marriage culture serves to protect


    political liberty and foster limited government
    intrusion.
    III. SOCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL GOOD

    B. Marriage sustains civil society and promotes


    the common good.

    7. Religion plays a vital role in creating and sustaining


    marriage as a social institution. ( limits state intrusion )

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