More on Polyamory: The kids will be fine, thanks.
This puff piece promoting a non-judgemental approach to polyamory finally mentions children in the last 3 paragraphs. Ah, yes, the kids will be fine. Except they’ll be upset when their parents’ partners leave. They look just like mundane blended families, (who have lots of problems we aren’t going to mention in our puff piece.) Excuse me […]
The new frontier: Polyamory
Here is a puff piece in the Boston Globe on the next phase of the Sexual Revolution: Polyamory, meaning “many loves.” Just another day in the deconstruction of marriage and family. Marriage is whatever we say it is. Kids will be fine, as long as we are all grown up mature people and don’t get […]
Libertarians and baby selling
I got involved in a discussion over at the Econ Lib blog on the question of baby-selling. The question arose when Bryan Caplan opined that it would be best for all concerned if women considering placing their children for adoption could recieve explicit payments for their babies, not just compensation for their hospital expenses and […]
Rosie O’Donnell is dating…
She broke up with her 12 year lover/”wife” in October. She had 4 children with Kelli. Now she is dating her new love interest, named Tracy, who has six children. How nice. Rosie O’Donnell made herself a poster child for same sex marriage and parenting. Now, she’s a poster child for what, exactly? And don’t […]
Staging a Show Trial on Prop 8
Ed Whelan is all over the Federal Court case against Prop 8 and the legal shennanigans to televise the trial. This case is fast turning into a the worst sort of Soviet-style show trial, designed more to make an example out of dissenters from the regime, than to administer justice. Any intelligent and fair-minded judge would […]
Cool Catholic Quote of the Day:Catholicism is not for wimps
from the National Catholic Register’s story on military chaplains during the Christmas season in Afganistan and Iraq: Father Michael Duesterhaus has been deployed to combat areas three times, including Fallujah, Iraq, in 2006. The Navy chaplain said “close teamwork, mission focus and personal deprivations [can] deepen one’s faith” and recounted how “one Marine, who I […]
Marriage Law Digest for December 2009
is now available from iMAPP. The Digest is a summary of significant legal developments concerning marriage during the month of December. Edited by Mr. William Duncan, who is also a member of the Ruth Institute’s Academic Advisory Board, this month’s edition includes cases from around the English-speaking world. This is a valuable resource for anyone […]
Mother must transfer daughter to former lesbian partner
The latest on the disputed custody of Isabella. Miller has apparently disappeared with her child, rather than comply with the court order to surrender her daughter to a woman she used to have sex with.
Fathers, Sons and Hunting
I just found this lovely article by a young Catholic priest, about his father, his deceased brother, and hunting. (No, the brother didn’t die hunting.) It is about the ways in which Father Figures help the development of young men through their time together in the wild. wordlessly. Fr. Patrick tells this story about himself as […]
Health care bill attacks marriage
We first reported this travesty here. Now CitizenLink has picked up on it, hopefully spreading the word to millions more people. The welfare rules of the Great Society drove marriage out of the homes of the poor. The health care bill has the potential to drive marriage out of the middle class. A closer look […]
UK policy turnaround on marriage?
Or just a lot of hot air? You decide. I can’t keep up with British politics. It is true though, that the UK has been much more aggressively anti-marriage than the US, as Patricia Morgan has ably documented. I reviewed her book here and reprinted here.
Pantheism is not Christian
I have a bit of commentary about the movie Avatar, buried in the comments over at the First Things blog. I’m seeing more and more strange stuff from people who ought to know better, so I’m going to have to write more about it. But for now, check out this link, for my comments and […]
British court declares Judaism racist
In the January 2010 issue of First Things, (unfortunately not yet on-line) David Goldman rhetorically asks: “Have Birtain’s jews ever undergone a legal assault on the practice of thier religion within their own institutions?” They have now. A British court has ruled that an Orthodox Jewish school’s admission policy violated the UK’s civil rights laws […]
Whose kid is it, anyhow?
Do you ever refer to your children as if they were yours alone? As in, “I have two children,” or “my son in 8.” I have learned to stop doing that. “My” kids belong to my husband as much as to me. Although it is no particular virtue or insight, just facing reality, it still […]
Christmas message: Be Not Afraid!
We live in dark times. More Christians have been martyred in the twentieth century than in all previous centuries combined. A British court has just declared that Judaism is racist, a ruling that may make Jewish education impossible in the UK, even in private schools. Many of our contemporaries seem hell-bent on destroying us, […]
Eugene Volokh on the NM wedding photographer
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Gene blogs about the New Mexico wedding photographer who refused to photograph a same sex commitment ceremony. She had argued that she has a First Amendment right to refuse to produce a creative work. Being compelled to film a ceremony that she disapproves of on moral grounds, she argued, amounted […]
Man Marries a Video Game Character
A Japanese man married a video game character. Those of you who think marriage is whatever we say it is: is this man validly married to an imaginary animated character? He sounds for all the world like same sex marriage advocates when he looks forward wistfully to the day when anyone can marry anyone they […]
Sad Day for the District of Columbia
It is a sad day for the poor of the District of Columbia. For the sake of the 1.5% of households with same sex couples, the DC City Council has passed legislation that will effectively prohibit the Archdiocese of Washington from even applying for city social service contracts. Thankfully, the Archdiocese will continue its own […]
Multi-culturalism Run amok in Quebec
This is not diversity. This is an excuse for the state to regulate and indoctrinate, and generally stick itself into the minds of small children. In its indifference to objective knowledge, in its crusade to hallow cultural relativism and a strictly Charter-of-rights based identity, ÉCR stimulates heritage students’ detachment from their own cultural touchstones, and […]
Donor Conceived Persons
This article by an intellectual property lawyer reviews many of the issues surrounding genetic screening and anonymous sperm donors. If you think these are simple issues, you haven’t thought about them enough. Here is one of my favorite passages: Anonymity itself comes with a cost. One need only spend a little time on the website […]
University Political Correctness: Inevitable or Just Irritating?
George Leef reviews a book on the always irritating problem of political correctness. Personally, I am very grateful to: 1. My husband for getting me out of academics and supporting me while I raised our kids and 2. the Ruth Institute supporters who allow me to do out-of-the-box thinking, to search for other intellectuals who do the […]
Are Blacks Abandoning Obama?
Inquiring Lefty minds want to know. Speaking as a dyed-in-the-wool, unapologetic right wing-nut who hangs around with others of same description of all colors: I can tell you there are plenty of blacks with traditional religious and family values who are disgusted with Obama. Let me lis the things I’ve heard them say they don’t like: […]
Anonymous Sperm Donors and Family Secrets
is the subject of this article in BioNews. I completely disagree with this author, on every point except that we shouldn’t abuse childless women. Other than that, well, look for yourself to see if you think this person is coherent. Faith groups (and I am a member of one) have a poor, at times appalling, […]
What is the leading cause of death among African Americans?
In light of the previous post, you may be interested to know what is the leading cause of death among African Americans. Take the Ruth Institute quiz on that subject here. You may be surprised…
Babies= Carbon
Frank Furendi’s excellent article attacks the climate controllers who are really population controllers who are really enemies of the human race. This cute photo of little black babies was used, not to celebrate new life, but to deliver a non-too-subtle message. “Babies are a problem,” says the text. But the photo screams in a stage […]
Combat Heterosexism!
This is the charge of a new report issued in Quebec. This report will give you a taste of what the Gay Lobby and the Sex Radicals have in mind for us in America. Tolerance is not enough. Their definition of heterosexism is: Affirmation of heterosexuality as a social norm or the highest form […]
Dr J on the Radio: Issues Etc.
I’ll be on Issues Etc from 2:15- 2:30 Pacific Time, which ic 4:15 Central time. I’ll be talking with Todd Wilken on the rise of On-line Gay Marriage, and what it means for the same sex marriage issue, and for marriage more generally. Tune in! If you miss it, we will have it on our […]
Love and Life (cont): The Real (Catholic) Deal
More from the Catholic Bishops’ letter on marriage, called Love and Life in the Divine Plan. “Our pastoral letter presents those beliefs and teachings of the Catholic Church–informed by human reason and enlightened by Divine Revelation– that summarize and express God’s plan for marriage. This divine plan, like the gift of marriage itself, is something […]
Good News for Irish Fathers
An Irish court ruled that the biological dad who donated sperm to a lesbian couple still has some rights. the five judges of the Supreme Court today found that, while man was not entitled to guardianship of the three-year-old boy at this time, it would be in the child’s best interest for his father to […]
Same Sex “Marriage” is NOT Inevitable
so says Maggie Gallagher, of our sister organization, the National Organization for Marriage, over at NRO. Here is one of my favorite reasons: 4. Progressives are often wrong about the future.
“Christianity Destroys Myth” Rene Girard
Stanford University Emeritus Professor Rene Girard explains that Christianity is structurally similar to ancient myths, and at the same time, Christianity destroys the mythological system. I can’t do the man justice. Listen to it here.
Love and Life (cont): Soaring above the fray.
The Bishops’ Letter opens with a quotation from the Nuptial Blessing: “Father, by your plan man and woman are united, and married life has been established as the one blessing that was not forfeited by original sin or washed away by the flood.” (Nuptial Blessing) They follow this quotation with this statement: Original sin introduced […]
Gay Infatuation Syndrome
I recently discovered this disorder: Gay Infatuation Syndrome. Telltale symptoms of GIS are: anything that makes gays look good is newsworthy. Anything that makes gays look bad must be suppressed. Last week, I showed a case where GIS sufferers have an uncontrollable urge to promote anything that makes gays look good, even if there isn’t […]
The Song of Ruth
We feel this song would be a good theme song for the Ruth Institute. What do you think? Here are the lyrics:
Love and Life in the Divine Plan: An Invitation from the Catholic Bishops
I’ve already made it clear that I love this letter by the US Catholic Bishops. As I begin to write about this, a couple of notes. First, all page numbers refer to the internet version linked here. Second, don’t let anyone tell you this document is about same sex unions. The internet version is 60 printed […]
Love and Life in the Divine Plan: The Catholic Bishops’ecumenical document
is the name of the Catholic Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Marriage. I will be writing about this in upcoming days. This document is really great and is not getting the attention it deserves. It is being upstage by the Manhattan Declaration, which is also good and worthwhile. Oddly enough, the Pastoral letter of the Catholic […]
Speaking of Hate Crimes…
I wonder how many of the anti-Prop 8 acts of intimidation and vandalism were reported as hate crimes? Tom Messner, of the Heritage Foundation, details some of the specific acts that were reported during the fall of 2008 in California. The FBI reports for the city of San Jose, for instance, that there were 19 racially […]
Dr J’s Daily Dose of Debunking
Yesterday’s headline from AP: “More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported.” However, when you go to the FBI website, practically the first thing out of their mouths is this disclaimer: Overall, the 2008 numbers are up slightly—7,783 incidents and 9,691 victims (including individuals, businesses, and institutions) were reported to us by our law enforcement partners across the […]
Divorce, Canadian Style
This new report on divorce in Canada has many sensible points. For instance: Contrary to the “half of all marriages end in divorce” mantra, 67% of first marriages in Canada last 30 years. In the U.S., 15% of all children will see their custodial parent divorce more than once before age 18; and nearly 50% of […]
The Spin Cycle
My article debunking the Times (London) is up on Mercator Net.
UC Students Protest Tuition Hikes: Why not….?
protest excessive spending? UC Students are protesting tuition hikes. The University could hold the line on tuition, if they would just lower expenses. Why don’t the students remind them of the connection between expenditures and tuition? Now would be a good time to cut out all the Grievance Departments, that were established to appease various […]
Lamest Headline Ever!
Lesbians parents better at raising children – Times Online. This headline is lame because it suggests that there is some startling new research showing “lesbian parents better.” (Bottom line of this post: yet another reason the public holds the Main Stream Media in contempt.) However, when you actually read the story, you don’t get any evidence:
Cohabitation is a Sin Against Social Justice
That’s the title my editors over at the National Catholic Register gave my latest article. social science can now show that the “alternatives to marriage” don’t work. A recent news story brought this home in a particularly vivid fashion for that most fashionable of alternatives to marriage: cohabitation. In Dallas, a mother and her boyfriend […]
DC City Council vs Catholic Church
The DC City Council is about to pass a gay rights bill that will force the Archdiocese of Washington out of the social services business. According to the Washington Post, The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the […]
I’m quoted
in this article in the Washington Examiner. The issue is why the Catholic Church is standing up for marriage in the District of Columbia: Another factor in the church’s heightened political engagement, in the view of Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, the education branch of the National Organization for Marriage, […]
In the dictionary, under "Question-begging,"…
you could find this statement by a Judge in Montana: “Lesbians and gay Montanans must not be forced to fight to marry, to raise their children, and to live with the same dignity that is accorded heterosexuals.” It is begging the question for the judge to say, “to raise their children,” because the question before the […]
Crack’s Six Insane Laws We’ll Need includes redefining parenthood.
One of the Six Insane Laws has to do with the definition of parenthood. Yep, science is well on the way to reinventing the concept of family altogether. For instance we already know how to make sperm from stem cells. No need for a father at all. Before you feminists get all cocky, women are […]
No easy way out for Dems on Abortion
Thus sayeth Ray Flynn former Boston mayor and US Ambassador to the Vatican at Politico, quoted on Yahoo. “They’re looking for an easy way out. And there is no easy way out when it comes to right or wrong or true or false,” said former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, an abortion opponent who served as […]
Why Not Take Her for a Test Drive?
I originally wrote this article, back when Love and Economics first came out. It has been reprinted more than anything I have ever written. I publish it here, for the benefit of new readers, who have never visited my old website. You can also download this as a pdf. I hereby give permission to reprint […]
Accountability is the Key
One of the keys to sexual integrity, is accountability. Small groups of like-minded men, keep each other honest, in their efforts to remain chaste. Here is how it works at the University of Maryland: Fasting trains the person to deny his body something it wants so that the desires of the body are controlled by […]
Opting Out of Hooking Up
That’s the title of this article in the National Catholic Register. With a special emphasis on men staying chaste in college, this article is of interest to the Ruth Institute. We are always worried about becoming a “chick outfit” with too many women. (Isn’t that odd: the New Women’s Movement is the Sexual Counter-revolution: pro-life, pro-marriage and […]
Marriage “Equality” and real Equality
Over at No Left Turns blog, Julie Ponzi takes aim at the equality argument for same sex marriage. This is a very significant argument, because in a very real sense, this is the only argument the marriage radicals have. Think about it: “it’s not fair; you’re being mean to us.” That is all they have. […]
What does it all mean for Obama?
America loved and still loves the idea of having a black president. However, they don’t much care for this particular president and his policies. More than that, there are black Americans who love the idea of natural marriage and respecting life in the womb and protecting young people from premature sexualizing. They are less enthused […]
11:53 EST ME Update
71 % of precincts reporting. Yes on 1 51.83% — No on 1, 48.17%. Please notice: this is coming close to the margin of victory in CA. We won with 52% of the vote. As it happens, exactly the same percentage by which Obama was annointed. Our election, however, was considered close.
ME Update: 11:14 EST
Yes on 1 is at 51.29% with 58% of precincts reporting. I so remember a year ago: the Prop 8 election coverage in the Golden Hall. My teenaged kids came down with us. My daughter came with a bunch of her friends, all high school students at a very orthodox Catholic school. They all wanted […]
ME Update: 10:21 EST
Bangor is now reporting that Yes on 1 is slightly ahead. this is SOOOO much like Prop 8. I will never forget it. We all went down to a hotel in SanDiego to watch the election returns. The only election any of us really cared about was Prop 8. We knew Obama would win nationwide, […]
ME Update 9:59 EST
The Bangor Daily News is doing soemthing squirrly: they reverted to their returns at 5% reporting. Now they are showing a server error, with no results at all. Ballotpedia is reporting the Yes vote up to 49.3% as of 5 minutes ago, 9:54 PM EST. Watch this to see if it is a real trend. Everyone, keep […]
Maine Update 9:42 EST
With 17% of the precints reporting, the count is now 48.7% Yes on 1, and 51.3% No. There is a trend in the direction of natural marriage winning this election. This is how it was during election night for Prop 8. The whole country was ga-ga over Obama, and we were just watching the Prop […]
Watching the Maine Election Returns
So, far, with 14% of the precints reporting, the score is 47% Yes on 1, and 52% No. I have no particular insight into which districts are reporting or not. Here is the link to the Bangor Daily News. For those who have not been following: A Yes vote on 1 is a vote in […]
What Kids Really Want
The new, improved, disposable father
by Jennifer Roback Morse // originally published at MercatorNet Last fall, I debated same-sex marriage at a university in Florida. I argued that treating same-sex unions identically with marriage would lead to marginalizing fathers from the family even more than they already are. At the time, I viewed that as a long-term prediction. I did […]
Are Dads Disposable?
by Jennifer Roback Morse // originally published at TownHall I hate to disagree with my friend Glenn Sacks, but I think he has missed the boat in his recent comparison of lesbian “social” mothers with divorced fathers. Mr. Sacks, a prominent fathers’ rights advocate, is correct that in both cases, family law courts diminish the […]
What Dads Do
by Jennifer Roback Morse // originally published at National Catholic Register Social science has shown beyond any shadow of a doubt that dads matter. But there is a lot of controversy over what exactly dads contribute. It isn’t just that two-parent households have more income, although they do. It isn’t even just that two parents […]
