You may have heard the Ruth Institute referred to as a “Hate Group.” No one who creates those designations has ever contacted us, to inquire about our mission or values. We do not know how an organization becomes christened a “hate group” or how an organization gets off such a list. Which makes us ask, “Where’s the hate?”
Here is some of the content which the self-appointed arbiters of “Hate” evidently found objectionable. We invite you to listen to these podcasts. Decide for yourself if you think the Ruth Institute is a “hate group.”
- Prop 8 Update on Contagious Transformation
- Dr. Michael Brown interviews Dr J
- Ruth Institute’s Statement in Response to the DOJ’s Guidelines to Ensure the Civil Rights of Transgender Students
- Dr J on “A Closer Look”
- Q & A from Catholic Cyclone student retreat (full talk is here, too)
- Gender Distinctions
- “Understanding Same-Sex Parenting Studies” ~ Dr. Mark Regnerus @ ITAF ’13
- To Make a Family–an interview with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
- What could end Rush Limbaugh’s career?
- Marching on the Right Side of History
After you’ve read through those, come back here and read through this piece by our founder, and president, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, which discusses what the real aims of the Ruth Institute are.
And what is the Ruth Institute aiming for? Among other things, we’re working to decrease the divorce rate, increase the marriage rate, decrease the rate of cohabitation, increase the number of children who grow up with both parents married to each other, reducing the lag time between the age of sexual initiation and the age of first marriage, and maintain at least a replacement-level birth rate.
Where’s the hate in that?
Why it is so important for children?
To better answer why we are getting at these elements, we have created a series of YouTube videos that explain why we’re coming from the position we are, and how that has such positive impacts for children. After you watch, ask yourself the question again, “Where’s the hate?”