tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post2002307184235591630..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Obama's Trickle-Down MarriageWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-39606526547741009452009-02-28T08:07:00.000-05:002009-02-28T08:07:00.000-05:00See- the thing is, GW Bush was behind all of the f...See- the thing is, GW Bush was behind all of the funding for marriage education. It may be the thing the two presidents agree the most about. Marriage education is good policy. It is anti-poverty, pro-child, low cost, good for business, lowers health care costs. The high rate of divorce and single parent families in this country is seriously hurting children and costing tax-payers tons of money. I get it if you aren't inspired by the Obama marriage but it is a much more approachable, modern marriage than any recently in D.C. I do not find much to use as an example for young couples in the Clinton marriage but neither do I in either Bush marriage. As a psychologist and a marriage educator, I will use the Obama marriage as a teaching tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23655694658075793942009-02-27T14:34:00.000-05:002009-02-27T14:34:00.000-05:00Yes, didn't we once see Bill and Hill dancing on t...Yes, didn't we once see Bill and Hill dancing on the beach.William A. Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-36969099948974291102009-02-27T14:16:00.000-05:002009-02-27T14:16:00.000-05:00How does she judge that they have a strong marriag...How does she judge that they have a strong marriage? Because they all smile for the magazine cover shoots? That they don't trash each other in interviews? Because, really, that's as much as it's possible for most of the world to know about them.<BR/><BR/>I guess that means the Clintons have a strong marriage too. Who knew it was that easy?irvingprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030998880661535481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23313748109484398302009-02-27T12:48:00.000-05:002009-02-27T12:48:00.000-05:00I'm afraid that Einstein's article, aside from its...I'm afraid that Einstein's article, aside from its Obama adoration, sets government (with Obama as a proxy) as a moral compass to judge ourselves by. Moral governemnt is good, but morality determined by government is dangerous. It is one of the reasons for the "free exercise clause." <BR/>I think you're right when you say "without the Obama-angle, the article probably would not have made it into the newspaper" and of course Einstein's article is a minor thing. But the Obama-worshipping by the media often implies the idea that government should determine citizens' morality rather than reflect it.yukio ngabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132998741555231924noreply@blogger.com