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Earlier today, First Lady Michelle Obama sent this letter to military families and military family service organizations. We wanted to share it with you as part of our commitment to serve to our military families.

Dear Friends:

On Thursday, I am joining some amazing military families on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and I hope you are able to watch.

I was so glad to share with Oprah and her viewers some of the stories I have heard over the past few years from service members and their families. Their strength, courage, and willingness to sacrifice without complaint is truly awe inspiring. As you know, military families don�t often ask for help, because they are trained to buckle down and make it through. That is why all Americans have a responsibility to lift up these remarkable families and encourage them to tell their stories. One of my heroes joined us in the studio, and as you will see her personal journey sheds light on the unique issues our military families face as onlyher storycan. I also had the opportunity to announce that Dr. Jill Biden and I are launching a major initiative in March where we will ask the country to take action in supporting military families.

This appearance marks only the beginning of our efforts to encourage all sectors of our society to help address the needs and tap the potential of our troops and their families. Please know that Jill and I will continue to lend our voices to these issues and work to ensure all military families have the support they have earned.

I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead. I wish you all the best.

Sincerely,

Michelle Obama
First Lady of the United States

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New Book on Premarital Sex in America

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New Book on Premarital Sex in America

Elizabeth Marquardt 01.21.2011, 11:54 AM

Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker have a new book out with Oxford University Press, Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate and Think About Marrying. Regnerus is Associate Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Texas-Austin and author of Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (OUP, 2009). Uecker is a postdoctoral fellow with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. And, they’re both great guys!

Check out their interview with Salon:

…researchers Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker of the University of Texas at Austin based their conclusion on data from four national surveys, as well as additional interviews with men and women between the ages of 18 and 23. The cold-hard truth is that women’s successes have left them with a small pool of similarly educated and financially stable men, they say. As the authors put it in a press release, “It’s created an imbalance that tips relationship power in the direction of the men. Instead of men competing for women, today women feel like they must compete for men.” Before adding this to my list of life’s painful ironies, I decided to give Regnerus a call to chat about the current state of “hookup culture” and the power of withholding sex.


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billcoffin68@gmail.com has shared: Marriage statistics for dummies

Marriage statistics for dummies
Source: mercatornet.com

Here is something very useful: a graphic presentation of key statistics from the US National Marriage Project’s recent report showing the inroads of divorce and non-marriage on “middle Americans”. The UK website Promotionalcodes.org.uk, , a “money-saving blog”, has produced graphics that show the changes over the last three to four decades.  
 
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