that do even a generation removed from the fall of the berlin wall , the disintegration of the ofiet union, and in the end one of the most dark and evil kind,s that governed man namely the soviet union. as margaret thatcher correctly the coldald reagan won war without firing a shot. we would be looking at a world today that is more dangerous and more unstable and more of a threat to our vital national security interests. how does the culture affect this picture? my friends it affects us in profound ways. regardless of who we send to washington, we live in a nation today where one out of every two marriages roughly in and in divorce and half of all children, a majority of all children in america today will grow up in a home without either a mother or a father. usually a father. 40 percent of all the children born in america this year will be born outside of the institution of marriage. we talked a lot about the direct to theinstant -- threat institution of marriage by same-sex marriage and i believe very strongly that marriage should be defined as a man and a woman in a sacred union for the