The divorce court nightmare: Stephen Baskerville discusses the proceedings of divorce court and how painful it is for all parties involved, especially the children.
Stephen Baskerville is Research Fellow at the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society, the Independent Institute, and the Inter-American Institute. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and has held regular appointments at Patrick Henry College (2007-2019), Howard University (1987-1992, 1997-2005) and Palacky University in the Czech Republic (1992-1997), plus Fulbright Scholarships at Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland (2015-16), and the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow (2011).
He writes on comparative and international politics and on political ideologies with an emphasis on religion, family policy, and sexuality. He is the author of The New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Power (Angelico, 2017), and Taken Into Custody: The War against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family (Cumberland House, 2007). His other books include Not Peace But a Sword: The Political Theology of the English Revolution (Routledge, 1993, expanded edition, Wipf &, Stock, 2018).
Audio of this podcast on the divorce court nightmare is available here: Listen
Baskerville is widely recognized as a leading authority on fatherhood, family policy, and sexual politics, and his writings have appeared in leading national and international publications, both popular and scholarly: the Washington Post, Washington Times, Independent Review, Salisbury Review, Society, The American Conservative, Chronicles, Political Science and Politics, Touchstone, Human Events, Women’s Quarterly, Catholic World Report, Crisis Magazine, American Spectator, The Spectator, The American Enterprise, National Review, and others.
Resources:
- Stephenbaskerville.com
- Video of Baskerville’s talk at the Summit for Survivors.
- Kristi Davis, abandoned spouse, and child of divorce, describes the impact of the family courts
Books:
- The New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Power (also available in e-book form)
- Taken Into Custody: The War against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family
- The Sexual State, by Dr. Morse. The entire section called The Divorce Ideology
deals with these topics
Action Items:
- Sign the Ruth Institute’s petition to Make the Family Great Again
- Pressure the media
- Create new media
- Mark July 17-19, 2020 on your calendar for the next Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution
