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Tue Apr 3 23:47:36 EDT 2007

- WHY ARE MEN AVOIDING MARRIAGE?
- MTV RUN'S HOUSE: WE WORK ON FAMILY
- TRAVOLTA'S MARRIAGE SECRET
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST ACF FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE
- SEPARATE WAYS 

- WHY ARE MEN AVOIDING MARRIAGE?

Why Are Men Avoiding Marriage?
Ask Former NFL Running Back Jerone Davison

SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pastor Jerone Davison is the
Author the popular book "The Spiritual Fragrance of a Woman  the Fragrance
that Attracts the Right Man". Pastor Jerone is a young man who loves the
people in his church and prays that their hearts desires will be meet. He is
passionate about the futures of single women in the church and prays to see
them happily married. "The question in our churches is why aren't our
daughters getting married? Why aren't the men who come to church and get
saved choosing to marry the single saved women in the church? Are the women
doing something wrong? I don't think so. Are all of our men going Gay, DL,
Thug Life or Crazy Coo Coo Style? I pray not."

The low marital statistics in today's Church is not only off the hook but
off the charts, getting lower every five years. Have we all fallen to the
hype of Hip Hop, Pop and Hollywood or have we just walked away from Bible
believing values and morals? What's up?"

Davison says that one of the reasons why he feels men don't marry is because
most have grown up in single parent, illegitimate homes or bad marriage
homes. Most have never seen a good marriage first hand leaving no desire for
marriage. Marriage for most of today's men is nowhere on the list of life's
priorities. This is a major issue and is growing uglier by the generation.
Which is why the women in our Churches must be more demanding of a marital
commitment from their boyfriends before sex? Challenge them to be
responsible men by making them wait and make a decision. Premarital sex
changes everything it changes his feelings about the woman which is why most
of the time it's a hit and quit situation.

Secondly, most of today's men don't understand the spiritual or natural
significance of marriage and the impact it has on our children thinking that
marriage is only a piece of paper. This is where the Church comes in. We've
got to preach about marriage. After all car registration is paper, a
driver's license is paper covered by plastic, a receipt is paper etc and
without most of these you would be consisted illegitimate just as
illegitimate as shacking up and pretending to be married.

Lastly, the Fear Factor. Men have a fear of losing sexual excitement,
thinking the more the merrier; they fear that one woman can't satisfy. Not
knowing that sex in marriage is the greatest love of all because God's
blessings are on marriage and marriage has the big three love, commitment
and trust anything else is uncivilized. Marriage is a true gift from God and
it's a shame to see it go to waste. "The Spiritual Fragrance of a Woman the
Fragrance the Fragrance that Attracts the Right Man" can be purchased at
www.amazon.com.

Contact: Jerone Davison, 707-435-8077, Jerone at spiritualfragrance.org,
www.spiritualfragrance.org

For article and photo: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/739352684.html

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- MTV RUN'S HOUSE: WE WORK ON FAMILY

And, an antidote to the above - of growing up without the benefit of ever
seeing how a good marriage or family operates - is being provided on MTV in
a reality show featuring Reb Run, his wife Justine and their 5 kids.  I saw
them on Oprah yesterday and they said their goal was exactly that - that so
many kids grow up without seeing good marriage models so they are opening
their lives to show kids what that looks like.  Apparently the show is a hit
- there's a hunger.  - diane

> Joseph "Run" Simmons made it big in the 1980s with the multiplatinum,
> Grammy-nominated rap group Run-DMC. Despite his fame, he was looking for
> something more ‹ so he turned to the church and became an ordained minister in
> 1994.
> 
> Now Reverend Run, or Rev Run, is back in the spotlight with his family of
> seven in the MTV reality series Run's House. For 12 hours a day, cameras
> follow the highs and lows of Rev Run, his wife, Justine, and their five
> children‹23-year-old Vanessa, 19-year-old Angela, 17-year-old Joseph,
> 12-year-old Daniel and 10-year-old Russell.
> 
> Family life is a big priority in Rev Run's house. From holding family meetings
> to taking everyone bowling, Rev Run makes sure they pencil in quality time
> together. "Family doesn't happen automatically," he says. "We work on family."
> 
> Rev Run says his family wants to show viewers that a family that plays
> together, and prays together, stays together. "I told the family, 'Let's show
> what we do on a day-to-day basis to America, to show how we're an organized,
> happy family. So for us, it was a service," he says. "People say, 'I wouldn't
> want cameras in my house,' but we didn't look at it like that. We wanted to
> show what we do to inspire."
> FOR photos and link to the show:
> http://tinyurl.com/ysj92p

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- TRAVOLTA'S MARRIAGE SECRET
ContactMusic.com
April 3, 2007 

JOHN TRAVOLTA
Hollywood star JOHN TRAVOLTA has revealed the secret behind his successful
15 year marriage to actress KELLY PRESTON - they write a complex series of
lists. The couple use the lists to make sure they make enough time for each
other and sex - among other things. Travolta, 53, explains, "We make lists
of what we need and want from each other and check them regularly, "We list
everything from how much sex to what kind of food we want. "It's so we can
find out what the other needs and that we're going in the right direction.
It doesn't sound romantic but it works for us."

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- GENDER DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST ACF FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE

NOW Demands Access to Program Geared to Fathers
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 29, 2007

It's called the Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Initiative, and the Bush
administration doles out up to $50 million annually to fund its programs to
build job skills and help fathers connect better with their children. But
the National Organization for Women says the effort is illegal because it's
only about men. . . For the full article: http://tinyurl.com/2t7sx2

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- SEPARATE WAYS 

> Earlier today I heard this song "Separate Ways" by a local country music
> star Ricky Trevino. Thought it might
> be of interest to y'all.
> 
>  You are viewing lyrics of SEPERATE WAYS by RICK TREVINO from the album
> UNKNOWN at [ http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/ ] LyricsAndSongs.COM
> 
>  He was never much for shopping.
>  But youd always see him with her at the store.
>  She was never much for football.
>  Shed sit there and pretend she wasnt bored
>  You saw one you saw the other.
>  Like a two lane Texas highway straight and true.
>  But just over that horizon the road that they were riding split in two.
> 
>  Separate ways, his and hers
>  A love that went from great to good to bad to worse
>  Separate lives, what a waste
>  The last thing they ever did together was go their separate ways
> 
>  It really scares me baby.
>  How easily that good love slipped away.
>  Lets remember that forever is something that we should work at everyday.
>  And after all those years together, it killed me when I saw their love go
> bad. 
>  So lets hold on to each other and dont end up like my mother and my dad.
> 
>  Separate ways his and hers.
>  A love that went from great to good to bad to worse.
>  Separate lives what a waste.
>  The last thing they ever did together was go their separate ways
> 
>  Yeah the last thing they ever did together
>  Will haunt me forever and ever
>  Lets promise one another that well never go our separate ways.
> 
> Mike Thompson Jr.
> Austin, Tx 

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