Letters, Mar. 20, 1995

The Movement to Strengthen Marriage

"The idea of settling down, having a couple of kids and living in a house with a white picket fence is long gone."

KEROLYNN LUKES MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

Marriage and the family form the foundation upon which every community is built [Cover Story, Feb. 27]. When the foundation starts to crumble, the whole structure is at risk of collapse. As a nation, the best way for us to address crime, teen pregnancy, welfare, gangs, high school dropouts and a whole array of other problems is to focus on the root cause of them all: a breakdown of...

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