One Man, One Woman: A Catholics Guide to Defending Marriage

by Dale O'Leary

Book Overview

From global conferences to tiny parish gatherings, pro-family advocate Dale O'Leary has traveled the world defending marriage against radical activists intent on rewriting its age-old definition. Now,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933184299
• ISBN13: 9781933184296
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A fantastic resource

This book is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to cut through the propaganda regarding same-sex so-called "marriage." I think that the book would be especially helpful for those who understand that there is something wrong with the idea of changing the definition of marriage but cannot completely articulate why this is so. In spite of the subtitle, there is very little that is exclusively Catholic about this book, so I hope that it will appeal to a wider range of people than just Catholics...truth is truth. Obviously, those who already strongly disagree that marriage is necessarily between one man and one woman aren't going to like the book, hence the negative reviews.

Spot on

I differ with the reviewers who rated the book poorly. Having personal acquaintance with members of a group is not necessary if writing about said group by studying the available literature. It's very common for sociologists to summarize research about a human group without ever doing primary research. That is what this author has done. The statements made in this book match what I have observed first hand among my male homosexual friends and coworkers. And the author makes clear that the book was written not out of bigotry or hatred, but out of a need to pursue the truth. The reasons some are homosexual and some are hetero is under-explored because of the anger such research inspires in members of the homosexual community. To another reviewer-- I don't believe any book deserves to be recycled, especially not one as topical and well researched as this one.

Excellent resource!!

I recently became more interested in the Same-Sex 'Marriage' debate and bought two books of the opposing viewpoints, starting with the pro-gay marriage book first. Even without much prior study, I could easily see through the arguments in favor of gay marriage. "One Man,One Woman," however, is chock-full of cogent, convincing reasons why Same Sex 'Marriage' can never be, all written in a very respectful and loving way. Dale O'Leary's book is a gift; she speaks the truth in love.

Title says it all

Great book-very useful in combating the moral relativism I fight at work-in the public school system-. Written succinctly with ample resources and references.

Marriage is worth defending

This book seeks to do two things: affirm the traditional understanding of heterosexual marriage, and challenge the homosexual offensive. Of course the two go together. There is probably no greater threat to the institutions of marriage and family than that posed by the militant homosexual lobby. O'Leary rightly argues that the homosexual assault on marriage and family is part of a much bigger political and ideological onslaught which she terms the "Sexual Left". It is a good designation, and refers to a number of malicious fellow travellers: the sexual liberationists, the radical feminists, the pro-abortion crowd, the population control movement, and the homosexual lobby. Together these various activist groups and social engineers have been causing great harm to not just marriage and family, but to children and religious freedom as well. In this book O'Leary shows just how all these things are under attack, and demonstrates the importance of heterosexual marriage. As to the issue of homosexuality, O'Leary covers all the bases. She challenges a number of myths that have long been peddled by the homosexual lobby and its supporters. These include the claim that 1 in 10 is homosexual; that homosexuality is genetically based, that homosexuals cannot change; that all relationships are of equal value; that children do just fine raised in same-sex households; and that the Bible does not condemn committed homosexual relationships. Each of these claims is examined in some detail and found to be without factual basis. Consider the issue of same-sex parenting. Is it really true that family structure makes no difference to the outcome of children? The social science data clearly shows that family structure does matter. The data is twofold: positively, the data shows how children thrive with two biological opposite-sex parents, and negatively, the data shows the harm done to children when raised in other households, especially same-sex "families". Yet a typical homosexual response is to say these negative outcomes are simply due to "homophobia" in society. Yet as O'Leary points out, even with widespread social acceptance of heterosexual divorce, the pain and negative outcomes for children has not lessened. So why should we assume that "even in a totally accepting society, permanently and purposefully fatherless and motherless children [in same-sex households] will simply `adjust'?" The risks to children raised in same-sex households are many. They are of course put in a situation - deliberately - where they will be deprived of either a biological mother or biological father. The research on the risks of such a situation is by now simply overwhelming and irrefutable. Children will also be in the care of two adults who still are suffering from gender identity confusion, which is what homosexuality is really all about. People who are same-sex attracted suffer from more emotional, psychological and developmental problems than do heterosexuals, as the rese