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| | :::THC::: Allan Carlson, Ph.D.: Speeches: The Howard Center |
 | | From his birth to his death, each man is involved in a multiplicity of natural social structures outside of which he could neither live nor achieve his full development….Each of these groups possesses a specific organic unity; first of all, there is the family, the child’s natural place of growth. |
 | | The Christian Democrats view the (core) family as a privileged opportunity to implement their social…principles. They want the citizens to adapt their private lives to demanding interpersonal relationships. Family life, especially the traditional family life of a married couple with several children, is a first embodiment of such relationships in other sectors of society. |
 | | Indeed, the only Christian Democratic theme not present is an open affirmation of the Deity of Creation. Several members of the drafting committee, led by Charles Malik, sought inclusion of this idea. But in the end, they agreed to more universal language that implied, rather than named, God. |
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