What the Culture Gets Wrong about Sex
Dr. Jennifer Morse at Live Action’s Young Leaders Summit, March 2025 From hook-up culture to gender ideology, the Sexual Revolution has reshaped attitudes toward sex, family, and human dignity—leaving a trail of broken relationships and cultural decline. At the Live Action Young Leaders Summit, Dr. Jennifer Morse exposes the revolution’s dark history, its lasting consequences, […]
Conscience Doesn’t Bleed Quietly
By Matt Maddox, Digital Marketing Director for the Ruth Institute If you haven’t seen it, Savannah Craven Antao was doing street interviews and a 20+ minute conversation with Brianna Rivers (who initiated the conversation), when Rivers sucker punched Antao. She had no business cold-cocking Antao. Rivers made it worse by walking away, flipping off Antao’s […]
Supreme Court to Decide Case Concerning Christian Counseling, Part 2
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse April 11, 2025 at The Stream Yesterday, I explained the crucially important religious liberty case that’s soon to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, Chiles v. Salazar. That case is a challenge a Christian counselor is bringing over a Colorado law which codifies the radical theories of the LGBTQ […]
Supreme Court to Decide Case Concerning Christian Counseling, Part 1
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse April 10, 2025 at The Stream. What Bible-believing Christians need to know about Chiles v. Salazar For years, LGBTQ activists have demonized professional counseling that they badly misname as “conversion therapy.” The very existence of people who want to leave the LGBT identity behind, not to mention the work of […]
Fatherhood Isn’t Rocket Science, Elon — And You Can’t Outsource It
COMMENTARY: Despite his vast wealth, Musk cannot possibly be a living and loving presence to all of his 13 children and their four mothers. Jennifer Roback Morse February 28, 2025 at National Catholic Register The first and most important duty of a father is to love his child’s mother. This is how a man ordinarily […]
USAID, Ideological Imperialism and the Sexual State
The recent freeze on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) expenditures has brought attention to that agency’s unaccountability and waste. But the problems with USAID run deeper than merely wasting taxpayer dollars or being opaque about its activities.
Bishop Barron Avoids Policy Curveballs, Gets a Solid Hit on Gender Ideology
COMMENTARY: Church teaching on human nature is timeless and universal. But, Catholics can disagree among themselves on many public policies. Jennifer Roback Morse February 3, 2025, at National Catholic Register Based on vast human experience and centuries of reflection on Divine Revelation, the Catholic Church has a particular contribution to make to sound public policy […]
California Wildfires Part II: Trust and Rebuilding
By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on January 28, 2025, at The Stream. Defunding the firefighters, DEI hires for significant positions, and ideologically driven environmental restrictions on water projects: All these played a part in increasing the devastation of the recent California wildfires. In my last article, I argued that these policies are the fruit of Fantasy […]
California Wildfires Part I: Fantasy Ideology
If you are one of those people who say our society is so corrupt that we should burn it all down and start over, you got your wish. Parts of California have recently burned down, and the fires still aren’t out.
Pro-Life Women Comprise the Real Women’s Movement
The totality of this experience convinces me that the pregnancy-care-center movement is an authentic “women’s movement.” I think they have more right to describe themselves as a “women’s movement” than some of the self-described “feminists.”
Four Things I’m Praying Donald Trump Will Do for America
I am deeply relieved that former President Donald Trump is now President-Elect Donald Trump. Right now I’m storming Heaven (and hope you will join me) in asking God to move the president on four crucial corrections.
An Open Letter to Melania Trump
On her new book, and her position on abortion By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on October 10, 2024, at The Stream Dear Mrs. Trump, So many of us love and admire you. Your conduct as First Lady was a credit to our country. I will never forget the way you decorated the White House for Christmas: […]
Equality: A Word for Weasels?
By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on September 14, 2024, at The Stream Calling someone a “weasel” is an American idiom that makes an unflattering comparison between a person and an animal. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines “weasel” this way: “Equality” is often a weasel word. There is a valid Christian interpretation of the term, which some […]
Queering Women’s Boxing
COMMENTARY: The Imane Khelif case undermines the case for ‘queer’ as a protection for the weak. Jennifer Roback Morse September 3, 2024, at National Catholic Register. Using the word “queer” as a verb is the latest exercise in verbal gymnastics that the average person may not have heard of. You might assume that “to queer” […]
Who’s Responsible for the Olympic Women’s Boxing Disaster?
By Jennifer Roback Morse August 9, 2024, at The Stream The Olympic boxing match between Angela Carini of Italy and Imane Khelif of Algeria has sparked worldwide controversy and outrage. In my opinion, anger is justified, but only if directed at the proper target. I don’t think either of the athletes “cheated.” These young people […]
Why Non-Christians Should Care About the Olympics Drag Show
Even non-Christians should care about the disgusting drag show put on by the Paris Olympics, even if they aren’t religious.
Is LGBT Persons’ Mental Health Improving?
By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse at National Catholic Register June 28, 2024 COMMENTARY: The social changes in the past 30 years have not actually improved the mental health of the people who were supposed to be helped. The social acceptance of homosexual behavior has greatly increased over the past 30 years. In that time, the […]
Leaving ‘Pride’ Behind: Answering the ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Confusion
Focusing on the sojourners who have moved away from an LGBT identity is a scientifically, theologically and pastorally sound response.
Celebrate Ex-Gay Visibility Day
By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on June 2, 2024 Unless you’ve been living on another planet since 2021, you are no doubt aware that June has been declared “Pride Month” across the United States. So at the Ruth Institute, we plan to spend the next four weeks discussing a topic you aren’t likely to hear about […]
Thank You, Bill Maher, But Your Critique of Hollywood’s Depravity Didn’t Go Far Enough
Thank you, Bill Maher, for your critique of Hollywood’s depravity. But your critique didn’t go nearly far enough.
Kids Need Their Parents: Memoir Provides a Welcome Relief
As someone who has been promoting the family for decades, I am delighted to see a new, fresh, young voice proclaiming the core message that kids need their parents. Robert Kim Henderson, with a bachelor’s degree from Yale and a doctorate in psychology from Cambridge, has written not an academic tome, but a memoir.
Gender Ideology’s Verbal Engineering, Part 2: An Irrational Agenda That Few Want
COMMENTARY: The terms ‘trans’ and ‘transgender’ are laden with ideological ambiguity. Jennifer Roback Morse March 13, 2024 at National Catholic Register In a recent column, I argued that we should stop using the word “trans” or “transgender.” I showed that these terms can be used to mean eight types of people. Using one term to […]
Gender Ideology’s Verbal Engineering
COMMENTARY: Why language matters in the context of the heated debate over ‘transgender’ issues. Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part series on the issues surrounding gender identity. By Jennifer Roback Morse February 26, 2024, at National Catholic Register Watch your language… You should not say “transgender.” I can hear the howls […]
Gender Identity ≠ Sexual Orientation: The Counseling Ban Sleight of Hand
COMMENTARY: Some jurisdictions are trying to ban counseling for gender-identity issues, right alongside bans on sexual-orientation ‘conversion therapy.’ Jennifer Roback Morse February 6, 2024 at National Catholic Register You may be aware of the worldwide attempts to ban “conversion therapy” that “intends to change or suppress sexual orientation.” But did you know that some jurisdictions […]
Has Pope Francis changed Catholic Church teaching?
My friends at the Christian Post have asked for my insights, as a faithful Roman Catholic, regarding the recent Vatican document Fiducia Supplicans. I am honored to be asked. The Vatican’s recent actions have caused tremendous confusion. All of us who are committed to traditional Christian sexual morality must keep our wits about us if we are to navigate this mess.
Pope Francis Is Spot-on About Surrogacy
Pope Francis shook the world on Monday when he called for an international ban on gestational surrogacy.
Memo to the Global Ruling Class: Trashing The Sound of Freedom Looks Bad
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder of The Ruth Institute The Sound of Freedom is a popular film about child sex trafficking, but major news outlets trashed it using the exact same words: “Qanon” and “conspiracy theory”—anything to discredit this film and the horrors it depicts. However, let me remind you of one thing every […]
Three Things I Learned About the Transgender Issue in 2023
by Jennifer Roback Morse December 28, 2023 at National Catholic Register In 2023, I learned three things about the political push to enshrine transgenderism in U.S. society. My line of work takes me into some unusual situations and allows me to talk with some fascinating people. I thought I’d summarize the year 2023 with a […]
LGBT ‘Conversion Therapy’ Reduces, Not Increases, Suicide Risk: Study
In a finding that turns conventional wisdom on its head, a researcher has found that so-called “conversion therapy” aimed at reducing unwanted homosexual or lesbian attraction makes people less likely to consider suicide than those who continue to live the unbridled LGBTQ lifestyle.
Homosexual Surrogacy Violates the Child’s Rights
With the explosion of babies for rent, Doug Mainwaring talks of rights of the children that are often overlooked when discussing surrogacy.
Counseling Freedom Battle Wins and Setbacks
Activists promoting ‘conversion therapy bans’ will not be satisfied until every last counselor, therapist, priest or pastor on planet earth has been silenced, shamed or scared into submission.
Attitudes on Sex Determine Abortion Attitudes
Society’s attitudes on sex really are the determining factor on our attitudes on abortion. We need a big-time change.
Does Same-Sex Parenting Harm Kids?
Dr. Fr. Paul Sullins is interviewed by the Slovak Ladislav Hanus Institute about the negative impact of same sex parenting kids.
‘Settled Science’? Anthropologists Don’t Know the Difference Between Men and Women
COMMENTARY: Ideology is trumping the free exchange of ideas, open inquiry and the scientific method itself. by Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes October 11, 2023 at National Catholic Register The American Anthropological Association (AAA) recently rejected a proposed session from its annual meeting. The board released a statement titled, “No Place for Transphobia in […]
Republicans need to focus on family issues to win
As counterintuitive as it may seem, the Republicans should focus on family issues in their quest to court voters. It will help them win.
Gay Marriage Gave Us Transgender Ideology
Marriage equality removed gender from society, so we shouldn’t be surprised transgender ideology followed.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Were Not ‘Born This Way’
The Dodgers honored the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for their “life saving work” – but these men in drag were not born this way.
Softening the Ground for Legalising Paedophilia
Paedophilia was baked into the Sexual Revolution from the beginning, not that the founders of it were paedophiles, but they promoted it.
A Heartfelt Plea to a ‘Pregnant Man’
We used to eliminate gender differences in the name of equality, now we do it in the name of autonomy. To the ‘pregnant man’ I issue a plea.
The Man from Macedonia
What did Joseph Ratzinger point out about a passage in the Acts of the Apostles that changes a seemingly brief and off-hand biblical travelogue into something that is so rich with meaning?
Connecticut Pedophilia Protections Made Law
by Martina Moyski The slippery slope toward anything goes HARTFORD, Conn. (ChurchMilitant.com) – Connecticut is facing controversy over a bill that has raised concerns among citizens, as they fear it could pave the way for the gradual legalization of pedophilia within the state. The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill this month that changes the state’s […]
Ruth Institute Withdraws from Hope is Fuel
After finding out that E. Michael Jones will be participating, the Ruth Institute is withdrawing from Hope is Fuel.
Mothers are the gateway to tomorrow
By Don Feder – – Sunday, May 14, 2023 Mother’s Day should be about more than cards and candy, flowers and fine sentiments. As we move into the desolate wasteland of demographic winter, mothers assume a role of paramount importance. If humanity is to have a future, it lies with them. The left can’t even say the […]
Demographic train wreck: Will Japan throw its old people on the tracks
by Don Feder, Ruth Institute Coalitions Director It didn’t take long to start heading where no civilized people should go. A Japanese professor at Yale is talking about euthanasia for his country’s growing population of older adults. One-third of Japanese are over 65. One in 5 live alone. More than 30,000 die alone each year. […]
Obergefell’s Legacy: Redefining Marriage Redefines Parenthood
While this case has a happy ending, there are many more children whose lives are inexorably altered because we redefine parenthood.
What Should We Think About the Pavone Affair?
Without dismissing these legitimate questions, I would like to focus on two questions. First, how should faithful Catholics respond to the Pavone Affair, and second, what should Frank Pavone himself do or not do?
Decline of marriage advances the leftist revolution
By Don Feder – – Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Washington Times National Marriage Week is Feb. 7-14. World Marriage Day coincides with Valentine’s Day. While well-intentioned, both are ultimately whistling past the graveyard. Marriage is on the decline everywhere. The institution seems destined to go the way of the dodo, the little Mariana fruit […]
‘Dead Name’ — the Transgender Issue Affects the Whole Family
COMMENTARY: Understated new film allows parents to tell their heartbreaking story. by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse at National Catholic Register, February 1, 2023 Many people are becoming aware of the serious threat the transgender ideology poses to the health and well-being of children and family. Many are aware of the risks associated with medical interventions […]
Left Wants to Restrict Every Activity Except Abortion and Sex
The Sexual Revolutionaries are stuck in the 1960’s and can only offer today’s culture with its problems the opium of free sex and abortion.
Listen Closely to Pop Singer’s Heartfelt Testimony: Abortion Regret Is Real
COMMENTARY: To love and to be loved is at the heart of what it means to be human. Kaya Jones found out, the sexual revolution assures us that ‘love is love,’ all the while rewriting the real meaning of lifelong, self-giving love. By Jennifer Roback Morse at NCRegister. “Kaya Jones, a former singer for The Pussycat […]
On the Passing of Pope Benedict XVI and His Service to Truth
COMMENTARY: While his handling of clergy sexual abuse and his unprecedented resignation from the papacy give rise to legitimate criticisms, on balance he made a positive contribution in both cases. Jennifer Roback Morse January 3, 2023 at National Catholic Register Two themes dominate the assessment of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI’s life and pontificate: […]
How Pope Benedict XVI taught me to hope after sexual abuse
by Faith Hakesley January 3, 2023 at Our Sunday Visitor There’s a lot going on in the Catholic Church and in the world around us that may cause many of us to throw our hands up in frustration and maybe even despair. However, we have the assurance of God’s presence and of his promises and, […]
American Girl Jumps on the Gender Agenda Bandwagon
The larger point here is for all of us to become more alert to just how pervasive the propaganda war really is. We need to learn to guard our minds against the subtle and not-so-subtle manipulation of language.
Hanukkah Was History’s First Culture War
Hanukkah was history’s first culture war, and commemorates the initial struggle for the soul of the West between Athens and Jerusalem.
Welcome, Baby 8 Billion!
Commentary: Powerful People have spent billions of dollar pushing the morally offensive idea that there is an ‘over-population crisis,’ but facts prove otherwise. by Jennifer Roback Morse October 24, 2022 at National Catholic Register The United Nations’ Population Division predicts we’ll hit 8 billion people on Nov. 15. No doubt, the usual suspects will be […]
Authentic Respect for Marriage: Forget the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
COMMENTARY: Redefining marriage was bad public policy in Obergefell in 2015 and it is bad public policy in HR 8404 today. Here’s why. by Jennifer Roback Morse October 7, 2022 at National Catholic Register The authors of the cynically misnamed “Respect for Marriage Act” have whipped up hysteria over the possibility that the overturn of […]
The Rosary: Pray It in Public and Without Apology
COMMENTARY: Questions to consider in responding to The Atlantic magazine’s Rosary fiasco. by Jennifer Roback Morse September 9, 2022, in National Catholic Register One of the most aggressive pro-abortion slogans is “Abortion on Demand and Without Apology.” People who talk like this believe they are building a good and decent society. No matter what they […]
‘Teen Vogue’ Magazine Redefines Grooming
by Jennifer Roback Morse August 22, 2022, at National Catholic Register COMMENTARY: The magazine only tells part of the truth in a recent statement. And like all half-truths, the omitted part of the truth is precisely the point that needs to be addressed. The term “groomer” has become a flash point in the debate over […]
Faith Of Our Fathers Is Key To American Recovery
Despite the lack of public interest in America’s Judeo-Christian tradition, the faith of our fathers is key to American Recovery.
Every Issue Is A Family Issue
From rising crime rates, to honorable people serving in the government, to protecting our country, every issue is a family issue.
When Big Tech Upholds the Sexual State
My organization, the Ruth Institute, has been inducted into the ranks of the censored. YouTube removed three episodes of The Dr. J Show.
Perpetual Adolescence For The Voluntarily Childless
In an anti-child culture, many choose perpetual adolescence over having kids. This is shortsighted and brings demographic winter closer.
How Peterson and Rubin are Erasing Women
Dave Rubin and Jordan Peterson are erasing women – by promoting gay parenting without a mother present. Kids need moms.
Guerilla Warfare for the Family: State Farm, GenderCool and You
Originally published at National Catholic Register, June 13, 2022. Republished by Ruth Institute June 13, 2022. More articles from Jennifer Roback Morse at NCR. State Farm Insurance faced backlash when the public learned about their support of a project that distributes children’s books about transgenderism. The fact that State Farm backed away from this project […]
Preparing for the Post-Roe World
Originally published May 19, 2022 by National Catholic Register Republished by Ruth Institute, May 19, 2022 Kathy Schiffer Blogs America, we’re in trouble! Gender ideology has pushed its way into our public school classrooms, forcing students to use “preferred pronouns” when referring to their classmates. Books encouraging the homosexual lifestyle are included on children’s reading […]
For Once, the Sexual Revolutionaries Aren’t Wrong
Originally published May 18, 2022 by National Catholic Register. Republished by Ruth Institute, May 18, 2022. COMMENTARY: Once the Supreme Court stops propping up the Sexual Revolution with so-called rights invented out of thin air, a lot of “settled issues” will be unsettled. Jennifer Roback Morse Commentaries May 18, 2022 The Sexual Revolutionaries are not […]
Christian conservatives explain outrage over Dave Rubin’s surrogacy announcement
Originally published by The Christian Post, April 8, 2022 by Samantha Kamman Controversy arose after political pundit Dave Rubin announced in March that he and his husband, David Janet, had fathered children through In Vitro Fertilization and surrogacy, methods of conceiving children that conflict with some Christians’ beliefs about family and human dignity. However, the […]
Dave Rubin and the Death of Secular Conservatism
Jennifer Roback Morse – March 28, 2022 Originally published by National Catholic Register March 25, 2022 More of Jennifer Roback Morse at National Catholic Register COMMENTARY: God wants our participation in parenthood to be a participation in love, not, as in the case of the popular internet celebrity’s recent announcement, commerce, technology and an act […]
