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The contradiction between traditional and modern family;　Middle-class Americans are torn（犹豫的） between traditional and modern family models and are deeply ambivalent（矛盾的） about the one they should construct（构造） for themselves. There is a culture war inside most individuals between traditional family values and contemporary liberalism. Tradition calls for no divorce,living near other family members, children obeying their parents, women focusing on domestic duties and motherhood, and everyone believing in God. 美国中产阶级在传统和现代家庭模式中犹豫不决，并且在他们应该为自己构造哪种模式而深感矛盾。绝大多数人内心里都在传统的家庭价值观和当代自由主义之间拿捏不定，传统的家庭价值观要求不能离婚,住在其他家庭成员附近,孩子服从父母,女性要集中精力做家务活并做好母亲的角色,而且每个人都相信上帝。;The reality of contemporary families promotes an absence of strict rules, puts both spouses（配偶） as free agents（ 自由不需负责任的人） in the labor market, nurtures（养育，鼓励） children who are not the biological offspring of the adults they live with, and exists in a culture dominated by entertainment and emphasizing rights and sexual freedoms (Wolfe, 1998: 110). Affluence（富裕）, too, contributes to the breakup of families as many young people grow up faster with cellular phones, automobiles, and disposable（可自由使用的） incomes. But while parents are frustrated with the modern family, few seem willing to return to the 1950s. 现代家庭的现状是：不存在严格的规定，夫妻双方是劳动市场上自由自在的人，他们所养育的孩子并非是现在居住一起的人亲生的，而且存在于一种由娱乐主导、强调权利和性自由的文化中(沃尔夫,1998:110)。随着许多年轻人用着移动电话、汽车和可支配收入并成长更快，富裕也会导致家庭破裂。但是，尽管父母们对现代家庭感到沮丧，也几乎没有人想要重返到20世纪50年代。;The legal marriage; The issue of homosexuality（同性恋） and family life continues to be debated. Stressing traditional values, in 2004, Republican Party candidates and the Religious Right（宗教右派） promoted only one type of officially sanctioned（批准） marriage: One born-that-way man and one born-that-way woman. The evangelical（福音的） wing of Christianity argued that God created the family consisting of Adam and Eve, not Adam and Adam, or Eve and Eve. 同性恋和家庭生活的问题仍在争论中。在2004年，为了强调传统价值观，共和党候选人和宗教右派提倡了唯一一种官方认可的婚姻类型：一个男人和一个女人。福音派基督教认为上帝创造了由亚当和夏娃组成的家庭，不是亚当和亚当，也不是夏娃和夏