Hope: Obama Marriage Education quote - 12/11/08

[Smartmarriages]

Maybe we should all post this quote on our websites, make it part of our
signature lines, and forward it to any lists or blogs:

"...Finally, preliminary research shows that marriage education workshops
can make a real difference in helping married couples stay together and in
encouraging unmarried couples who are living together to form a more lasting
bond.  Expanding access to such services to low income couples, perhaps in
concert with job training and placement, medical coverage, and other
services already available, SHOULD BE SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN AGREE ON."

Barack Obama, Audacity of Hope, 2006, p.334, in chapter titled *Family*
 
Emphasis added about this being something everybody can agree on.....but it
does give one the audacity to dare to hope.  And in the next paragraph he
refers back to marriage strengthening policies and marriage education as
"commonsense approaches"....  More hope.  - diane




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