First Links – 09.06.11

Marriage is about rights of the children
The Sydney Morning Herald , Nicholas Tonti-Filippini

Targeting Down Syndrome by Regulation
Public Discourse , Mark W. Leach

Thinking outside the ‘Muslim bubble’
L.A. Times , Raja Abdulrahim and Mitchell Landsberg

Texas Baptist to become an Orthodox saint?
Abilene Reporter News , Terry Mattingly

The Marginalization of Marriage in Middle America
Brookings Institute, W. Bradford Wilcox, Andrew J. Cherlin, and Benjamin H. Griswold

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