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“This
Manifesto
is not merely a political document. It
is also a philosophical document, a brief but pithy inquiry into the true
sources of human happiness…This Manifesto offers [young people] a
counter-vision: that we are made to be conjugal and connected beings, whose
lives are made whole and satisfying…by a lifetime of love and self-giving and
mutuality and duty….It is only within the family’s dense web of duties and
obligations that our achievements can matter, and our freedom be
authentic. May this Manifesto
help us recover that insight.”
~ Wilfred McClay, Ph.D., Professor of History and the Sun Trust Bank
Chair Of Excellence in the Humanities at The University of
Tennessee-Chattanooga
“In
picturesque language, Carlson and Mero describe the joys, sorrows, and
challenges the young family will face…Carlson and Mero are true
conservatives….The Manifesto these authors have offered in defense of the natural
family demands the attention of all those who would defend civilizations most
basic institution. This important
document has emerged at just the right time.”
~ R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Ph.D., President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville,
KY
“Carlson
and Mero have provided a philosophical playbook suggesting thoughts and words
to help us meet the opposition with the best ammunition, which is our beliefs
served straight-up and expressed in a positive, unapologetic manner.”
~ Paul M. Weyrich, Chairman and CEO of The Free Congress Foundation
“This family Manifesto
is nothing short of a blueprint for western survival. The durability of
our culture and of its peace and prosperity will never be seriously jeopardized
by outside threats. The only real perils our future faces are the forces
eroding the foundations of marriage and family. The safety of our women,
the security of our children, and the sturdiness of our civic institutions all
depend on sculpting the raw rock of masculine aggressiveness and sexuality into
the work of art we call marriage. Prudent people protect it. The family Manifesto
is not only a blueprint for survival, it is a bugle call.”
~ Rabbi
Daniel Lapin, President, Toward
Tradition
“Eagle
Forum is happy to endorse and support the family Manifesto. The breakdown of the traditional family in
America is the principal cause of most of our social problems: school dropouts,
crime, drugs, bankruptcy, out-of-wedlock births, and children growing up
without their fathers in the home. It's time that we address the cause of
these problems -- the failure of millions of Americans to form and maintain
faithfulness to the traditional family --instead of merely paying taxes
to cover some of the heavy costs of the symptoms. While there are many
causes for the decline in respect for the traditional family, a great deal
of the blame must be assigned to unwise and unjust government policies and appropriations.
I hope that this family Manifesto will start us on the path
to constructive policies at every level of government.”
~ Phyllis Schlafly, President, Eagle Forum
“The
pro-family movement has long needed a work that provides a broad philosophical
overview of the traditional family. The
Natural Family: A Manifesto fills that need admirably. Beautifully written, cogently argued.”
~ Gary Bauer, President, American
Values
“We
have needed an unambiguous statement about the family that explains: family
structure makes a difference; that the traditional family with a faithful,
married mother and a father is essential to the well-being of women and men, as
well as vital to the well-being of children.”
~ Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D. Senior Fellow, Concerned Women for America
“In
every developed nation of the world, low birthrates are leading to rapid
population aging and often to steep population loss. On current trends, secular societies that don’t embrace the
pro-natal, pro-family values championed by this Manifesto will fade away,
while societies that learn how to restore the natural fertility of the natural
family will inherit the Earth.”
~ Phillip Longman, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; author, The Empty
Cradle:
How Falling Birthrate Threaten World Prosperity
“The
Natural Family: A Manifesto is brilliant—the most important manifesto
of the last one hundred years. Every
person should read it, especially those in government and the mass media. In clear, concise, winsome language, it
argues the critical importance of the role of the family in society and what
needs to be done to create a better world.
This manifesto is for the United States and the world. I, for one, will do my best to send it to as
many opinion leaders as possible and follow up with a conversation to help them
understand its significance.”
~
Ted Baehr, President, Christian Film and Television Commission;
Editor, Movieguide
“I
am pleased to offer my full support to Dr. Allan Carlson and Paul Mero for their
excellent work in creating The Natural Family: A Manifesto.
I have been privileged to work with Dr. Carlson in creating tax legislation to
support parents who make the sacrifice to stay at home and raise their
children, as well as to increase flexible employment opportunities such as
telecommuting to help parents spend more time with their children. The
continued strength of our nation directly depends upon the strength of the
natural family unit. Mothers and fathers must be supported in raising
children of courage and character, and I am proud of the work Dr. Carlson and
Paul Mero have done to advance this most urgent and necessary of causes.”
~ Congressman Lee R. Terry, Nebraska
“I
wholeheartedly endorse the Natural
Family: A Manifesto. I agree with their commitment to defend our
family systems against common foes who would attempt to undermine marriage, the
traditional family and basic family values.”
~ Dr. Jerry Falwell, Founder and Chancellor Liberty University, Lynchburg,
Virginia
“A
concise yet penetrating treatise that ties history with contemporary issues
facing the natural family. The Manifesto
is at once a provocative social critique…a profound call to service…a prophetic
vision of the Creator’s intention concerning society’s lowest common
denominator—the natural family. The
authors present us with a commitment that is relevant and universal. I will use it as a primer for congregational
life in our movement and beyond.
~ John Kie Vining, D. Min., Director, Family Ministries Church of God
“This Manifesto provides a foundation and
platform on which government, organizations and societies can build and fortify
the most essential institutional structure of any society, the natural family.”
~ Steven E. Smoot, President, Family
First Foundation
“This [family Manifesto] is great.”
~ Rick Warren, Author, The Purpose
Driven Life” and Pastor, Saddleback Church
“The
Natural Family: A Manifesto is on the most significant and thought
provoking contributions of our time.
Allan Carlson and Paul Mero tell the story of the natural family past,
present and future while sharing most affirmations. The Natural Family: A Manifesto is an historically significant
piece of work and will help win the war for the pro-family movement.”
~ Robert Frazen, Robert Frazen’s
One on One
“The
Natural Family: A Manifesto sets forth principles that at one time were
so universally assumed that there was no need to state them. Today as growing state power increasingly
puts the family and state in confrontation with one another, it is urgent that
these principles be reaffirmed. The
Natural Family is not a doctrinaire political agenda so much as an
attempt to de-politicize the family
and return it to its own integral sphere.
This is essential to preserving not only social order but also civic
freedom and perhaps the civilized order itself. Not only advocates for the family but all citizens who are concerned
about their own families and about the increasing encroachment of the state and
erosion of political freedom should rally around these principles.”
~ Stephen Baskerville, President,
American Coalition for Fathers and Children
“The Natural Family: A Manifesto is
not only the clearest, easy-to-read summary of the historical and contemporary
plight of the family I have seen, it also presents a bold agenda for
action. It’s rare to find a document
that genuinely excites the heart and engages the mind towards a vision for the
family. Well done!
~ Paul Russell,
Vice-President, Australian Family Association South Australian Branch
Thank
you for The Natural Family: A Manifesto. This is a needed document that squarely puts forth issues and
solutions. I intend to order copies for
my university students. Thanks for
leading the way in restoring health to society.
~ Dr. Kent Olney, Olivet Nazarene
University
The
manifesto is a concise and yet powerful statement of the past two centuries of
assaults on the idea of the family as the foundation of every society. As the family goes, so goes the
society. I endorse this manifesto
whole-heartedly.
~ Dr. Andrew Foshee, McNeese State
University
As
a husband, father and grandfather, I heartily endorse your Manifesto on the
natural family. Furthermore, as a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I believe families
to be divinely instituted for the nurture and protection of children and the
improvement of men and women. The
Church’s 1995 document “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” clearly
outlines our attitude toward the family. As someone who has been concerned for many years about the
disintegration of the natural family in western culture, I am heartened by the
emergence of a movement spanning many faiths, cultures and nations whose aim it
is to promote and strengthen the natural family. Anti-family forces are reeling, mostly because they have no
cohesive argument for their opposition to the natural family. Let us not retreat now. If our world and its cultures are to survive
another century it will be because we have rediscovered the importance of the
natural family. Thank you for your
tireless and courageous work on our behalf.
~ Mr. Devin Asay, Brigham Young
University
The
Citizens Under the New Testament feel that such a manifesto is necessary to
insure that the rights of the family are protected for the future.
~ Dr. Jebediah Brown, Citizens
Under the New Testament
The
Family Council of Western Australia, a peak body of pro-family organizations in
Western Australia, warmly endorses The Natural Family: A Manifesto. The Manifesto sets out clearly and boldly
the vision for the natural family that motivates us and so many like-minded pro-family
groups around the world to fight in its defense and to work for its
preservation and flourishing.
~ John Barich, Family Council of
Western Australia
Marriage
and family are a God-given privilege.
One that I have chosen and support.
My best growth as a woman has come from being married and raising my
five sons along with a loving, caring, and selfless husband. Our family circle has grown and become
stronger as each son has married and reared children of his own. Every joy shared adds more love to our
fold. We gather every month to teach
the principles of kindness, love and service. Every crisis faced together makes
our circle of family stronger. We would
endorse a manifesto of the Natural Family:
granted to us by our Creator.
~ Mrs. M. Jeanne Card, Oregon’s
Mother of the Year 2000
I
fully ascribe to the sentiments and activities espoused in the landmark
document The Natural Family: A Manifesto. Adherence to the precepts contained therein will undoubtedly lead
to less immorality, fewer illegitimate births, stronger and happier families,
stronger nations, and greater religiosity.
What sane and right-thinking human being would not want such a legacy
for the children of this world?
~ Dr. Paul C. Hardin, Brigham
Young University
I
heartily endorse this very important work that advances the pro-family
worldview for the 21st century and beyond. The survival of society and our Christian culture begins with
family reformation. At a time when
marriage and family foundations are being challenged by hostile attitudes
toward God’s design for the family, this is an important addition in advancing
the principles that make for a virtuous society.
~ Joseph Constable, New City, New
York
Deeply
appreciative of the American family in which I was raised and from whose
enlightened concern came all the benefits that have enriched my life beyond
measure. I am grateful for the
privilege of adding my name to this wise defense of traditional families.
~ Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, All
Saints Orthodox Church
I
endorse The Natural Family: A Manifesto.
~ John and Jane Covey, FranklinCovey Corporation
As
the principal of Australia’s largest home schooling academy, the Australian
Christian Academy, I wholly endorse the document The Natural Family: A Manifesto. To Allan and
Paul: Thank you for your scholarship,
your leadership and your commitment to the natural family. I believe that this document is the seminal
statement necessary to lead the reformation of society and
culture, globally, in the 21st century.
~ Terry Harding, Australian Christian Academy
The
Natural Family: A Manifesto continues the outstanding work carried on
by the Howard Center, which has emerged as the most informed, perceptive, and
effective defender of authentic family values in the United States.
~ James Hitchcock, Professor of
History, St. Louis University
It
appears The Howard Center still is and may be the last best hope for the
salvation of the natural family. I
applaud the thrust of this Manifesto and endorse it to the fullest extent I
can. I am more than pleased to be a
part of this common endeavor.
~ Edward S. Sawtelle, Terre Haute,
Indiana
A
high-principled comprehensive manifesto of family is vital. Our family concurs. We so engage by rallying to the value –
Trust. Each maturing family member
earns the Galvin Family Medal of Trust.
~ Robert W. Galvin, former
President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Motorola Corporation
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