Americaโ€™s Child Brides

Americaโ€™s Child Brides

BY DIANE DIMOND Sherry Johnson gave birth when she was 10 years old. When she turned 11, her parents, members of a conservative Pentecostal church, decided she should marry the 20-year-old man who had raped her. Their reasoning? Marriage would deflect a criminal case and help protect the reputation of the church. Amazingly, a clerk [โ€ฆ]

โ€˜Tragic Day For Marriage And Our Nation,โ€™ State U.S. Bishops

โ€˜Tragic Day For Marriage And Our Nation,โ€™ State U.S. Bishops

Statement from U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops WASHINGTONโ€”The U.S. Supreme Court decisions June 26 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a challenge to Californiaโ€™s Proposition 8 mark a โ€œtragic day for marriage and our nation,โ€ said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of [โ€ฆ]