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title: "1 Family Fragmentation Quotes By Maggie Gallagher"
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> [When men and women fail to form stable marriages, the result is a vast expansion of government attempts to cope with the terrible social needs that result. There is scarcely a dollar that the state and federal government spends on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/when-men-and-women-fail-to-form-stable-marriages-the-result-is-a-vast/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

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## More by Maggie Gallagher

> [At the heart of the gay marriage argument is an untruth: unions of two men or women are not the same as unions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/at-the-heart-of-the-gay-marriage-argument-is-an-untruth-unions-of-two/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Governor Christie's decision today violates the individual drive of men and women who no longer want to be tormented by unwanted homosexual desires. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/governor-christie-s-decision-today-violates-the-individual-drive-of/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/europe-which-gave-us-the-idea-of-same-sex-marriage-is-a-dying-society/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Black America knows better than anyone else the high price children pay for the sexual agendas of adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/black-america-knows-better-than-anyone-else-the-high-price-children/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/getting-married-is-the-boldest-and-most-idealistic-thing-that-most-of/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/charter-schools-have-a-far-higher-proportion-of-teachers-who-are-not/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/marketers-are-out-there-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-get-your-money/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/to-imply-that-religious-believers-have-no-right-to-engage-moral/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/charter-schools-are-public-schools-that-operate-to-a-certain-extent/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/it-is-not-discrimination-to-treat-different-things-differently/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [When men and women fail to form stable marriages, the result is a vast expansion of government attempts to cope with the terrible social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/when-men-and-women-fail-to-form-stable-marriages-the-result-is-a-vast/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/the-strongest-results-were-in-florida-and-texas-in-just-one-year-in-a/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/in-today-s-world-marketers-reach-inside-the-home-and-attempt-to/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for several hundred years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/whatever-their-defects-christian-fundamentalists-have-lived/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

> [I am just an ordinary Catholic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-gallagher/i-am-just-an-ordinary-catholic/)

[Maggie Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-gallagher/)

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