April 26 – 27, 2019
The Church has been Right All Along
Friday, 26 April
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Awards, Recognition and Keynote address
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Emcee
Scholarship Award
Dr. Robert Gagnon
Houston Baptist University (short interview)
Activism Award
Jeff Morgan
Divorce Reform activist (short interview)
Public Witness Award
and Keynote Address
Moira Greyland Peat
Saturday, 27 April
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
9:00-9:40 – Keynote #1: Dr. Stephen Baskerville, Professor of Government, Patrick Henry College and author of The New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Expansion of Government Power, “How No-Fault Divorce empowers the State”
9:40-10:20 – Keynote #2: Mrs. Leila Miller, Catholic blogger, mother of eight, and author of Primal Loss: The Now-Adult Children of Divorce Speak, “The lifelong impact of divorce on children”
10:20-10:40 – Refreshment break
10:40-11:20 – Testimony Panel: Abandoned Spouses, Adult Children of Divorce, people who have been treated unjustly by family courts.
11:20-12:00 – What are we going to do about divorce? Battlefield Reports: We can make a difference.
Divorce Reform Efforts and Ideas: Activists and Attorneys Panel
12:00-1:00 Box Lunch and socializing
1:00-1:40 – Keynote #1: Dr. Robert Gagnon, Professor of New Testament, Houston Baptist University, and author, The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics. “What the Church really teaches about homosexual activity: Refuting common pro-homosexual Scriptural misinterpretations”
1:40-2:20 – Keynote #2: Fr. D. Paul Sullins, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, The Ruth Institute, and author of The Ruth Institute’s Clergy Sex Abuse Report. “The impact of same sex parenting on children, and the impact of the homosexual sub-culture on clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church.”
2:20-2:40 – Refreshment Break
2:40-3:20 – Testimony Panel: Adult children and spouses of gays, lesbians, and transgenders, refugees from the gay lifestyle
3:20-4:00 – Keynote #3: Closing remarks, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Founder and President, The Ruth Institute. “We can make a difference!”
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