Britain’s chief rabbi called on Prime Minister Tony Blair to appoint a full- time minister to deal with family issues. During a television interview this week, Jonathan Sacks accused Blair of not being serious about supporting the family. Sacks said the growing divorce rate is creating a “new and deeply unjust form of social inequality, with 50 percent of children who will start life with the advantage of a stable two-parent family and those who will not.”
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