| Pro-family Ruth Institute calls for celebration of people who have left Pride behind Millions of people have left Pride behind, and so has the U.S. Federal Government. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced in May that the Trump Administration would not recognize Pride Month. Google also dropped Pride Month from its calendar. In the wake of this movement, The Ruth Institute is calling on Americans to celebrate the millions who have turned their backs on Pride, encouraging others to do the same. “During the month of June, The Ruth Institute is celebrating those who have left Pride behind,” said Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., founder and president of The Ruth Institute. “We encourage all who believe people are ‘born gay’ to look at the scientific evidence. According to our research, there are more ‘ex-gays’ than ‘gays!’ In the month ahead, we will share testimonies of many who journeyed away from an LGBT identity.” Dr. Morse and other experts are available to speak to the media about the shift away from celebrating Pride Month and the false idea that those with same-sex attraction have no choice but to embrace an LGBT identity. Watch Dr. Morse’s short introductory video for Leaving Pride Behind. THE RUTH INSTITUTE is an international, interfaith coalition to defend the family and build a civilization of love. The Institute equips people to understand, appreciate, and defend traditional Christian sexual ethics by providing scientifically sound evidence, carefully reasoned arguments, and compelling personal testimonies. |
| INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITYJENNIFER ROBACK MORSE, Ph.D. (Ruth Institute, Founder) has authored or co-authored six books on marriage, family, and human sexuality and has spoken around the globe. Her work has been translated into multiple languages. Her latest book is The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and taught economics at Yale and George Mason. FATHER PAUL SULLINS, Ph.D. (Ruth Institute, Senior Research Associate) has written four books and more than 100 journal articles, research reports, and essays on family, faith, and culture issues, including the effect of same-sex parenting on child development. His research shows that therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction reduces suicidality for many people. MARCO CASANOVA (Associate Director, Desert Stream Ministries) is a former Catholic seminarian who struggled with same-sex attraction. He lived a duplicitous life, acting out homosexually while a seminarian. By God’s grace, he embraced a chaste life. He is now married to his wife, Ania, and together they have a daughter. Desert Stream/Living Waters provides a pastoral application of Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, helping men and women who experience sexual and relational brokenness to aspire to chastity. REV. ELIZABETH WONING (Co-Director, CHANGED Movement) attended a seminary as openly lesbian. Her faith led her to healing and restoration in her sexuality. She co-founded the Changed Movement, a community of friends who once identified as LGBTQ. Her work focuses on the intersection of faith with the culture of same-sex sexuality and gender identity. She advocates for the legal rights of Christians to abandon LGBTQ and align with their biological sex. She is happily married to her husband, Doug. BACKGROUND The Ruth Institute Website Media Assets Page |
