Today the perception of family life consists of a picturesque scene with a white picket fence surrounding a house with a Golden Retriever playing with the children in the backyard. This setting has quite a bit changed, and according to Sullivan, the judicial systems needs to recognize atypical lifestyles of family living. ... He has created this article in such a way to create emotion from the reader and cause them to action them into the cause itself. ... Gendered Voices: Readings from the American Experience. ...

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