The Culture of Life Honors Parents and Respects the Elderly
By Ryan MacPherson, a Ruth Institute Circle of Experts member. This article was first published at hausvater.org in May 2016. Excerpted from The Culture of Life: Ten Essential Principles for Christian Bioethics, by Ryan MacPherson. (This book may be purchased at a bulk discount rate for use in Bible studies.) The Culture of Life The […]
The Church’s Finest Hour
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published May 11, 2016, at The Blaze. Many Christians are distraught over our political situation. We are trying to chart an honorable course through an increasingly unreasonable moral minefield. I think the solution is at once simpler, and more difficult, than it seems. We need to tell […]
Surrogacy experts can’t testify on LA HB1102: Coincidence?
Update: Alana Newman got up the next day at 5 AM, drove all the way to Baton Rouge by herself. She testified. Alana told me that when she showed up to testify, Katherine Smith, the wife of Senator Gary Smith, shot her a very dirty look. The plan to keep Alana away failed! I am […]
Why Everyone Should Oppose Surrogacy
By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at The Blaze on May 4, 2016. I am an outspoken critic of gestational surrogacy, in which the gestational mother carries a child to term for another person or couple. I have noticed that many people do not understand the stakes in this issue. Pro-life people […]
Married people more likely to survive cancer than single individuals, new study shows
by Andre Mitchell This article was first published at Christianity Today on April 23, 2016. (Pixabay) A study conducted by researchers from Fremont’s Cancer Prevention Institute of California and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine shows that married people are more likely to survive cancer than single individuals. Based on an analysis […]
Democrats: Parents have no right to know if daughter is getting an abortion
by Fr. Mark Hodges This article was first published at Life Site News on March 23, 2016. JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 23, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Democrats in the Missouri House fiercely opposed a parental notification bill. Currently, Missouri law allows pregnant girls to get an abortion without their parents’ even knowing if a judge agrees […]
Who is the Child’s Mother? LA House passes surrogacy.
Watch Representative Joe Lopinto assume the very thing that needs to be proven: he asserts that the genetic parents should not have to adopt their “own” child. But according to Louisiana law, and indeed the law of every civilized country until the day before yesterday, the woman who gives birth to the child is the […]
Motherhood, fatherhood at heart of America’s founding principles
By Ellen Giangiordano This article was posted May 2, 2016, at CatholicPhilly.com. On May 8, America will celebrate Mother’s Day. In June, America will celebrate Father’s Day. As nationally promulgated holidays, every citizen should have the equal right to celebrate both. But all citizens do not have this right. As in the days of slavery, […]
Experiment on Small Children? Really?
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at The Blaze on April 28, 2016. On Wednesday, Dr. Morse testified against the Louisiana surrogacy bill in Baton Rouge. Surrogacy is a social and medical experiment, with great risks to children. This is her prepared text. Thank you for the opportunity to share my concerns about HB1102. I am the founder and president of the Ruth Institute, a global non-profit organization, with offices in San Diego, Pittsburgh, and now, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Our organization is dedicated to creating Christ-like solutions to the agony and injustice of family breakdown. We oppose surrogacy on principle. We consider it a form of family breakdown. Surrogacy breaks down motherhood itself, reducing it to a series of functions. The genetic, gestational, care-giving and even the legally-recognized mothers could all be distinct individuals. The full impact of these divisions cannot be fully known at this time. However, we owe it to future generations to look down the road as far as we can, and try, at least, to anticipate the consequences. We do know that infants attach to their mothers in the womb. Neonatal research has found that newborns can recognize their mothers by sight, by voice and even by odor. Research strongly suggests that prenatal infant attachment is correlated with secure attachment between mother and infant after birth. We have no idea how surrogacy affects this. Does a secure attachment between the gestational carrier and the infant translate into a secure attachment with the genetic mother? Does a disruption of the bond between the gestational carrier harm the child? We just don’t know. The practice of surrogacy amounts to a social experiment using babies as subjects. The adults involved, surrogates, donors and commissioning parents, can give meaningful consent, at least in principle. But children, in the nature of things, cannot consent. We have a responsibility to protect their interests, which they cannot protect themselves. Experimenting on small children i
Culture of Death Out of Control. Help Stop It NOW!
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In An Industry That Makes People, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published April 20, 2016, at The Blaze. Sperm donation, egg donation and surrogacy: Third party reproduction seems to be a “done deal” in Western society. Even ardently pro-life people do not seem to see the problems. Hey, these techniques are making babies, not killing them. So what […]
The Latest Pope Francis Controversy and Why Non-Catholics Should Care
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at The Blaze on April 12, 2016. Non-Catholics may be wondering why Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” or “The Joy of Love,” has Catholics in an uproar. Has the Pope changed Catholic doctrine? Has he left the doctrine officially intact, but changed pastoral practice so […]
Male Privilege and Women’s Bathrooms
This article originally appeared at The Blaze. (Note: all the photos in this story are of male-bodied transgenders.) North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) has become a whipping boy for the advocates of the latest round of the sexual revolution. The Human Rights Campaign has gathered a bunch of business owners to bully the governor […]
The Sexual Revolution Proves itself to be a Totalitarian Movement
My latest at The Blaze March 30, 2016 The Sexual Revolution is a war by the totalitarian State against the human body and against the Judeo-Christian ethos. I know. I know. The Sexual Revolution promises fun and freedom. How can I say that the Sexual Revolution is a totalitarian State making war on the human […]
A Letter to God From a Child of Divorce
A letter to God from a child of divorce is heart-wrenching, and highlights the terrible effects of favoring adult desires over children.
The Positive Virtue of Chastity
Chastity, not just a list of “don’ts” but a positive “to-do” list, with serious benefits. So says, Samantha Schroeder, a 2012 graduate of ITAF= “It Takes a Family to Raise a Village,” The Ruth Institute’s national student leadership conference. I’m so proud of her! In an age when morality is known more for its rules […]
Save the Sisters: Stop the War on Women’s Fertility
Originally published at The Blaze, March 22, 2016. The Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of Catholic nuns who serve the indigent elderly, will be in court this week, defending its right to exist. Religious freedom will be the principle legal issue. As worthy as that cause is, I propose another, equally significant issue […]
It’s Time to Stop Letting the Elite Class Define What Family Looks Like
This is my maiden voyage at The Blaze. The virtue of this blog, is that I can tell you The Rest of the Story, that you won’t necessarily see on the published article. For this article, I can tell you that I wanted a different title, “The Rich and The Rest.” The editor over there […]
How to Have a Happy Marriage (Even When You’re Busy with Kids)
by Betsy Kerekes This article was published at Catholic Exchange on March 8, 2016. Marital satisfaction tends to take a dip once that first baby comes home from the hospital (or out of the bathtub, birthing center, etc.). This shouldn’t be surprising to anyone. Let’s face it, kids, particularly newborns, are difficult. Anyone who says […]
Is Contraception a Legitimate Response to the Zika Virus?
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was originally published at Crisis Magazine on March 4, 2016. Pope Francis’ latest press interview on the plane from Mexico created confusion about the Church’s teaching on contraception. The Holy Father said, “Paul VI, a great man, in a difficult situation in Africa, permitted nuns to use contraceptives in cases of rape.” The Papal spokesman, Fr. Lombardi, trying to clarify matters, seemed to say that women in areas affected by Zika are in a “case of emergency or gravity,” and so are allowed to “discern” whether to use a contraceptive. The process of “discernment” Fr. Lombardi seems to be suggesting, does not really make sense on its own terms. Let me explain. Just this past weekend, I met David and Roz Rowan, a couple whose only child died suddenly at the age of 23 from a Massive Pulmonary Embolism. Why would a healthy young woman die from a stroke? Doctors attribute it directly to her use of hormonal contraception. The parents have set up a foundation in her honor, to do research on the link between contraception and Massive Pulmonary Embolisms. Likewise, Erika Langhart died of a double pulmonary embolism, at the age of 24. She was using a NuvaRing, contraceptive device. This family refused an out of court settlement from the drug manufacturer. The parents wanted Merck, the international pharmaceutical giant, to face a jury trial, and be held accountable for the deaths of women like Erika. As her mother said, In our opinion, Merck got away with murder, and continues to do so to this day. In 2011 NuvaRing made the company $623m; in 2013 it was $686m; and in 2014, after the settlement, Merck made a staggering $723m from it. Settlements are just the cost of doing business to Merck, all at the expense of women’s health and lives. Earlier this year, Erika’s mother committed suicide. How could Erika have predicted her own death, the nightmare her parents would endure on her behalf, the callous behavior of government agencies and drug companies, and ultimately, her mother’s suici
The Church Has Been Right on Divorce All Along
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first posted at Crisis Magazine on January 27, 2016. I would like to weigh in on Ross Douthat’s on-going dialogue with theologians employed at nominally Catholic institutions. Like Douthat, I am not a theologian. However, we don’t have to be theologians in order to be good Catholics or […]
It’s Legal To Buy And Sell Children, As Long As They’re Small
Children created during in vitro fertilization can be disposed of for potential flaws, evaluated for ‘desirable’ characteristics, experimented upon, and bought and sold. This article was first published at thefederalist.com on January 25, 2016. By Katie Schuermann, with extensive quotes by Dr. Morse Abortion is not the only legalized medical procedure that hurts […]
The real reason 50 Shades is so wildly popular (HINT: It’s not the sex)
This article was first posted February 10, 2015, at Life Site News. The secret to the success of 50 Shades is the same thing that drove the success of Twilight – from which 50 Shades had its origins in the form of fan fiction. Over the past several weeks, countless pixels have been expended on […]
Missing Millennials — What Must the Church Do to Reach a Generation?
Experts weigh best practices to reach younger adults, who are less likely to attend Mass and more likely to back same-sex ‘marriage.’ by JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND 07/09/2015 WASHINGTON — When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its June 26 ruling, which found a constitutional right to same-sex “marriage,” Catholic leaders called for renewed efforts to evangelize […]
More than two Parents: Not so New and Not so Enlightened
From the United Families International blog on July 16, 2014. by Diane Robertson, featuring quotes by Ruth Institute’s Jennifer Johnson. In 2013 California made it legally possible for children to have more than two parents. More states will surely follow suit. The diversity-in-family-structure-loving-liberals think this is enlightened. They’re working hard to bring society out of […]
Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism
A book review by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse This book review appeared in the Fall 2015 issue of The Independent Review and was posted here. The latest book by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, is a series of essays held together by natural-law reasoning. Although George is a devout Roman […]
Judge rules against polygamous couple
Posted at Life Site News December 11, 2016. By Fr. Mark Hodges HELENA, Montana, December 11, 2015 – A bigamist and his two women are fighting Montana’s bigamy laws. Nathan Collier says he was inspired to sue the state to legalize bigamy by the Supreme Court Obergefell decision constitutionalizing homosexual “marriage.” But on Monday, U.S. […]
At-risk kids losing American dream because ‘we’re too politically correct’ to defend family: Rick Santorum
Posted at Life Site News January 15, 2016. Dr. Morse is quoted near the bottom. by Ben Johnson NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina, January 15, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Americans are allowing a generation of at-risk children to lose their chance at the American dream, because we are “too politically correct” to say that the intact, traditional […]
Help for the victims of the sexual revolution
By Alyson Smith Celebrate Life September-October 2015 Jennifer Roback Morse, PhD, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, brings a unique voice to discussions of love, marriage, sexuality, and the family. Tell us about the Ruth Institute. What led you to found it? I had been a hard-charging career woman in my 20s and early […]
Remember Our Children
Nov 12 2015 – America Magazine | Jason Adkins, Jessica Aleman, Richard Aleman, Mary Jane O’Brien Finding hope in the church’s ‘hard teachings’ on marriage and Communion A child attends a special Mass at Mission San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., May 16 (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec). Now that the Synod on the Family […]
50 Shades of Gay
by Jennifer Roback Morse First published January 4, 2016, at Crisis Magazine. The Sexual Revolution was supposed to liberate us from sexual stereotypes. In fact, we have replaced the old stereotypes of gay men with new and even more rigid stereotypes. Perhaps some people regard the new view of gay as more positive and affirming […]
Ruth Institute Ambassador Program
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Sexual Revolutionaries Target Cal State Professor for Defending Families
COMMENTARY: A tenured professor of English is threatened with dismissal because he challenged one of the sexual revolution’s core assumptions. by JENNIFER ROBACK MORSE This article was first posted November 11, 2015, at NCRegister.com. Robert Oscar Lopez, a tenured English professor at California State University-Northridge, is on the verge of being suspended without pay, ostensibly […]
Bisexual prof. raised by lesbians who supports traditional marriage faces loss of tenure
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, November 10, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — Robert Oscar Lopez isn’t your typical social-conservative professor: he was raised by his mom and her lesbian partner, and he openly admits that he is bisexual. But he also opposes same-sex “marriage” and adoption, and even submitted a brief to the United States Supreme Court arguing against […]
World Congress of Families speakers lament sexual revolution, family breakdown
By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK This article was first Published at The Salt Lake Tribune on October 29, 2015, and last updated October 31, 2015. On the third day of the World Congress of Families meeting in Salt Lake City, stirring speeches about assaults on the family from the government and media, costs of the sexual […]
Society victimized by divorce
by Francis Michael Walsh This article was first published October 3, 2015, at Pacific Daily News. On the very week that the Catholic Church sponsored a World Meeting of Families, the PDN published a column extolling the virtues of Guam’s divorce laws. We were told by the correspondent that the divorce laws in Guam are […]
Uncovered — the dirty secrets behind the feminist movement
This article was published October 13, 2015, at ReligionNews.com. Longtime Cosmo writer reveals how she hijacked the women’s rights crusade SAN FRANCISCO – The 1960s women’s rights movement has had a profoundly adverse impact on women throughout the United States, including Sue Ellen Browder, a former ardent propagandist for sexual liberation who wrote stories meant […]
Same-sex attraction: Read this before you risk your credibility.
By Dr. Jeff Mirus This article was first published October 14, 2015, at CatholicCulture.org. I mentioned two weeks ago that Living the Truth in Love from Ignatius Press is an important book, and that I would have more to say about it. Having now read each of its score of theoretical, testimonial and pastoral essays, […]
Laity Should Act When Clergy Won’t
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first posted October 22, 2015, at crisismagazine.com. Let’s face it: The 2015 Synod on the Family is a mess. I was one who gave Pope Francis the benefit of the doubt. I now have my doubts about him. And I have no doubt at all that some of […]
This is what I wanted to say to a fellow child of divorce
by Jennifer Johnson I just came across this article, written by a young adult whose parents divorced when she was 16. Her name is Talia Kollek. She is defending divorce and advocating for more divorces. I wanted to post this as a comment under her article, but for some reason I didn’t have the heart. […]
The Catholic Church, Children and Same-Sex Parenting
Deliberately depriving children of a relationship with one of their parents is an injustice to the children. by JENNIFER ROBACK MORSE This article was first published at National Catholic Register on October 16, 2015. Editor’s note: This article is an adaptation of a talk Jennifer Roback Morse presented at the “Living the Truth in Love” […]
The Supreme Court Has Legalized Same-Sex Marriage: Now What?
A National Review Online Symposium, June 27, 2015 Jennifer Roback Morse After the Obergefell ruling, we can expect the following: Parenthood will no longer be considered a natural reality to be recorded by the government but the creation of the state for the benefit of adults. Some children will have a legally recognized right to […]
Pre-Synod conference unites cardinals and men and women living with homosexual tendencies
“Living the Truth in Love” conference and resource event will be held Oct. 2 in Rome. This article was first published at The Catholic World Report on September 18, 2015. Courage International and Ignatius Press announce their first Rome conference to address the pastoral needs of men and women who experience homosexual tendencies. Living […]
Bedding 12 Strangers in a Year, Not Surprisingly, Ends 18-Year Marriage
An interview of Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse by Austin Ruse This article was first published at breitbart.com on March 23, 2015. Sex in her 18-year marriage had gone routine and stale. What’s more, forty-something “Robin Rinaldi” wanted a baby, something her husband was adamantly against. So she proposed a limited open marriage, a 12-month sexathon […]
Defending Marriage with Dr. J
Get it while you still can! We’re phasing this product out to make way for soon-to-be updated materials. Buy yours before it’s gone! This disk includes the renowned and chilling talk, “What did you do to help the bishop?” recorded in Oakland, CA, about our likely future if same sex marriage were enacted. Many of […]
Impressive lineup at San Francisco NFP conference
Dr. Morse will be at this event. If you can make it, please join us! This article was first posted at California Catholic Daily. “Male & female he created them” draws star speakers On August 21 and 22 the Archdiocese of San Francisco is hosting the the 13th statewide conference of the California Association of […]
Which Same-Sex Marriage Supporter Is Correct?
By Jennifer Johnson This article was first published July 9, 2015, at The Federalist. Some same-sex marriage supporters say redefining marriage will strengthen it. Others say it will destroy marriage. They can’t both be right. Some same-sex marriage supporters have very different goals. It’s worth looking at these goals, because they are in direct conflict […]
With Same-sex Marriage, What Happens to the Rights of Children?
An interview of Dr. Morse by Zoe Romanowsky at aleteia.org. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse believes we are experimenting with vulnerable children. Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, the court heard testimony from adult children who grew up in same-sex relationship households. The Washington Post ran a piece about this just before the […]
Christian friends who support gay marriage?
Do you have Christian friends who support gay marriage? Here is an easy way to start a conversation with them. Show them this graphic and ask, “Do you see the Trinity here?” See what they say. Do you think this will get their attention? If you use this and get some feedback, let me know […]
Breaking the Sexual Revolution’s New Taboos
By Jennifer Johnson This article was first published June 30, 2015, at the Christian Post. A taboo is a subject, word, or activity that is avoided because it is offensive or embarrassing. It seems to me that children who are not raised by their married biological parents are subject to a new kind of taboo. […]
Marriage Has Been Redefined: Now What?
Posted June 26, 2015 at catholicexchange.com. In an unsurprising but still disappointing decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Obergefell vs Hodges that states may not define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Many Catholics, along with other people of good-will who believe marriage is intrinsically related to men, women, […]
After Gay Marriage, A Look Into the Future
Posted By Carl C. Curtis on Jun 27, 2015, at thechristianreview.com. Now that Justice Kennedy has, in the face of 200 years of legal precedence, set the record straight on what the Constitution says about marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges), Christians will certainly be wondering what the effects will be on society, other than the visible, […]
US Catholic Bishops Speak Out: Obergefell ruling a "tragic error"
by Jennifer Roback Morse The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a strongly worded statement, supporting natural marriage. Here are some highlights from the statement, issued by the President of the Conference, Archbishop of Louisville, Joseph Kurtz. Just as Roe v. Wade did not settle the question of abortion over forty years ago, Obergefell […]
Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego speaks out on Obergefell
Posted by Jennifer Roback Morse Bishop Robert McElroy, recently appointed Bishop of San Diego by Pope Francis, issued a statement on the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling. The statement reads in part: The Catholic Church, along with other faith traditions, teaches that the nature of marriage and the family cannot be redefined by society, as God is […]
Latter Day Saints Leadership speaks out on the Obergefell ruling
posted by Jennifer Roback Morse In a statement released on June 29, the Council of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐day Saints restates and reaffirms the doctrinal foundation of Church teachings on morality, marriage, and the family. The statement reads in part: Consistent with […]
Court Decision Will Renew Campaign for Marriage
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was published at crisismagazine.com on June 29, 2015. The long-awaited US Supreme Court ruling on the definition of marriage is as bad as we had feared. The Obergefell ruling will have harmful long-term effects on the family, the church, self-government and society. Each one of the four dissenters wrote […]
Radio Interviews with Dr. Morse re: the SCOTUS ruling
June 29 – From the Median with Molly Smith June 26 – Catholic Answers LIVE with Patrick Coffin June 26 – Catholic Connection (EWTN) with Theresa Tomeo
Propaganda Alert
Dr. Morse posted this on Facebook: “No evidence that children of same sex couples negatively impacted, study shows.” This headline is very misleading. The study does not present new data on outcomes for children. Instead, it studies the date at which the research community achieved “consensus” on the “no difference” claim. If the community systematically […]
I had Masha Gessen’s dream of five parents… and it sucked
Imagine having five parents! Here’s what it means: it means going back and forth between all those households on a regular basis, never having a single place to call home during your most tender and vulnerable years. It means having divided Christmases, other holidays, and birthdays–you spend one with one parent, and another with the other parent, never spending a single holiday or birthday with both parents. Imagine having each of your parents completely ignore the other half of you, the other half of your family, as if it did not even exist. Meanwhile, imagine each parent pouring their energy into their new families and creating a unified home for their new children. These experiences give you the definite impression of being something leftover, something not quite part of them. You live like that on a daily basis for 18+ years.
Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, and Harry Reid on their support for traditional marriage
You need to watch this. It’s less than three minutes. Be sure to share it with your friends. Isn’t Clinton’s description of marriage remarkable?
Ruth Institute Statement on the US Supreme Court Ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges
The Ruth Institute opposes the short-sighted decision of the US Supreme Court mandating that every State remove the gender requirement from their marriage laws. This decision undermines the natural right of every child to know the identity of their own parents, and as far as possible, to be in a relationship with and to be […]
Viral Images for Equality
by Jennifer Johnson, Associate Director June of 2013 was the last time the Supreme Court made a ruling on marriage. Remember how those “equals” signs went viral on social media at that time? Why was that? I think one reason is that people really care about the ideal of equality. They believe that we should […]
Death by Contraception
posted by Jennifer Roback Morse The Sexual Revolution: most people equate it with fun and freedom. At the Ruth Institute, we are convinced that the Sexual Revolution = destruction + heartbreak. We have identified 12 Survivors of the Sexual Revolution: people who have been harmed by this toxic ideology, who have lived to tell their […]
Two Things Pope Francis Will NOT Say in His Encyclical on the Environment
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at The Daily Caller on January 9, 2015 and at aleteia.org, January 10, 2015. Pundits left and right have been jockeying for position in anticipation of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. This is quite amazing, considering that even the publication date hasn’t been published yet! I do not know what he is going to say. Neither, dear reader, does anyone else whom you are likely to read. However, I can tell you two things that he will certainly NOT say. And those two unsaid things have the potential to speak volumes, if only we will listen. 1. He will certainly NOT say that overpopulation is the cause of any environmental problem. This old trope will be completely absent from the Holy Father’s document. 2. He will certainly NOT say that contraception, abortion or sterilization, voluntary or involuntary, are necessary components of any comprehensive solutions to environmental problems. Think about what the environmental movement would look like without those two claims. People who want to protect the landscape or wildlife could be part of the environmental movement in good conscience. I like birds. I like birdwatching. About 15 years ago, I tried joining the local chapter of the Audubon Society. I thought it would be fun. But I could not stand the constant left-wing political preening that dominated this particular local chapter. I have often felt sad about that. I might have had an enjoyable time and they might have learned something from having an outlier in their midst. So now, suppose a large contingent of pro-life Catholics started going to the meetings of their local Audubon Society or Sierra Club or Nature Conservancy. A bunch of us walk in and say, “We are here because we are good Catholics. Our Holy Father Francis told us we should protect the environment. We want to help with the local beach clean-up project or recycling project. I’ve brought three of my kids along to help. My pal here has brought four of his kids. Where do we start?” The te
Reflections on Christian Equality
By Jennifer Johnson, Director of Finance and Advancement for the Ruth Institute This article was first published at Christian Post and Barbwire on June 20, 2015. I walked into the parish not knowing what to expect. A large silver bowl filled with water sat in a wooden pedestal in the center of the foyer. As […]
Rowdy protestors disrupt talk in support of traditional marriage at UCSB
by Austin Yack – UC Santa Barbara on May 27, 2015 The College Fix’s exclusive video shows demonstrators chant, hoist vulgar signs ISLA VISTA – More than 20 UC Santa Barbara students disrupted the start of a talk on campus in support of traditional marriage on Tuesday night with a rowdy protest that included loud […]
University demanded extra security fees for traditional marriage event
by Cabot Phillips This article was first posted at Campus Reform on May 28, 2015. The Anscombe Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara hosted a pro-traditional marriage event Tuesday. UCSB attempted to impose $198 in security fees less than a week before the event. The fee was lifted after intervention from Alliance Defending […]
A Victory for Free Speech and Children’s Rights at UC Santa Barbara
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first posted at Crisis Magazine on June 3, 2015. The Conservative Media brilliantly covered my presentation of the inaugural event of the Anscombe Society at the University of California Santa Barbara. The College Fix broke the story, with an on-the-ground reporter posting within hours of the event, including […]
