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A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce

Presented to U.S. State Legislatures.
Principal Investigators: William J. Doherty, Professor of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, and Leah Ward Sears, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice (retired)

2011. 60 pp.

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Introduction 8:40 minutes

William A. Galston
The Ezra K. Zikha Chair in Governance Studies,
Brookings Institution

Discussion 56:55 minutes

Professor William Doherty
Report Author

Justice Leah Ward Sears
Report Author

William Galston
Brookings Institution

Robert Rector
Heritage Foundation

Theodora Ooms
National Healthy Marriage Resource Center

Q&A 2:27 minutes

Cheryl Wetzstein
Columnist, Washington Times

Q&A 2:29 minutes

Bob Patterson
Editor, The Family in America

Q&A 2:00 minutes

Fred Altman

Q&A 1:43 minutes

David Levy
President Emeritus,
Children's Rights Council

Q&A 1:47 minutes

Kate Flynn

Q&A 4:31 minutes

Bill Coffin
National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education

Q&A 4:55 minutes

Gerard Breland
Co-founder,
No Divorce Campaign

Q&A 2:25 minutes

Jason Turner
Principal,
Practical Government Solutions