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The Orphan and the Widow
The legal-religious test of every just society — every code makes specific protections for those left without male guardian, and every scripture writes them onto the conscience.
Judaism
"He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment."
"Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Christianity
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction..."