God Does Not Hate Gays

Even though many gay men and women have been told that God doesn’t love them and that religious people hate them, the reality is much more humane and helpful. God does not hate gays.

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: […]

Serious Synodal Resistance

Ruth Institute President Contributes “The Ruth Institute maintains that traditional Christian sexual ethics, as taught most fully by the Catholic Church, is both reasonable and humane,” stated Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Founder and President of the Ruth Institute, in response to the Synod on Synodality currently going on in Rome. “However, these teachings have had […]

Doctors Protecting Children

It shouldn’t need to be stated, but we need doctors protecting children, not mutilating them or giving them wrong-sex hormones.

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 […]

Ruth Institute Launches Resource Center for Concerned Parents

After receiving many requests from parents and grandparents for help and information, the Ruth Institute launched its Parent Resource Center. The Sexual Revolution, which began by “liberating” the Boomer generation, is now after our children. With LGBT indoctrination in schools and libraries, Pride flags in stores, and rampant gender confusion, concerned parents wonder how to […]

Vatican Spokesman Needs to Go

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Founder and President of the Ruth Institute, called for the resignation of Dr. Paolo Ruffini as the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. At a recent Catholic Media conference, Ruffini responded to questions regarding the Vatican’s continued use of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik, who is credibly accused of serial […]

Ruth Institute Statement on Dr. Paolo Ruffini’s recent comments on the Marko Rupnik case

The Ruth Institute is an international interfaith coalition to defend the family and build a civilization of love. At the Catholic Media conference, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Dr. Paola Ruffini responded to questions regarding the Vatican’s continued use of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik, who is credibly accused of serial sexual […]

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 […]

Ex-Gay Visibility Day: First Sunday in June

by T. S. Flanders June 1, 2024 at One Peter Five From the Ruth Institute: “The gay lobby makes sure everyone knows Junes is ‘Pride Month,’ but they certainly won’t acknowledge the many people who have left the LGBT identity behind. That’s why the Ruth Institute is declaring the first Sunday of June to be […]

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 […]

Finally, a ‘Visibility Day’ for the People the LGBTQ Movement Finds Inconvenient

By Tyler O’Neil May 28, 2024 at DailySignal.com Next month, companies will add rainbow flags to their icons and logos, the White House will hold events celebrating LGBTQ individuals, and Target and other stores will likely promote rainbow-themed merchandise. Amid all this “Pride,” the men and women who rejected a homosexual lifestyle will be forgotten. […]

Communist Women’s Day

Dr. Paul Kengor joins the show to discuss how the communists planned to “liberate” women from their homes by forcing them to become workers.

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

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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 […]

YouTube Called Out for Abortion Bias

“I’m so glad law enforcement is calling out YouTube for its obvious pro-abortion bias against pro-life videos,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.

Ruth Institute Celebrates Real Women This Women’s History Month

“March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate women, but what ‘women’ are being celebrated during our time in history?” asks Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. “Men who say they’re women are earning medals and winning records in women’s sports. A biological man entered a women’s mixed martial arts contest and broke […]

Trans Train Finally Derailing

It’s about time people are pushing back against the trans train that is, among other things, ruining women’s sports and erasing women

Donald Trump and Kari Lake are dead wrong to defend IVF: here’s why

This article quotes Dr. Morse near the end. Republicans who support IVF are wrong; they’re playing with fire. IVF is a cash cow for the fertility industry; it’s murder for many children.  by Doug Mainwaring February 26, 2024 at LifeSiteNews After the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed last week that embryos are children — bringing an […]

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 […]

Protecting What’s Ours: Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse to Appear on EWTN’s “Women of Grace”

Next week, February 19-22, Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse will appear on EWTN’s “Women of Grace.” She and host Johnette Benkovic Williams will discuss “Protecting What’s Ours: The Top Challenges Facing Society Today.” Watch as they dive into the biggest issues facing family life today, specifically, the attack on marriage, women, and children, […]

The Sexual State at Work: Schools and Planned Parenthood Deceive Parents

“Recent cases in Missouri and New Jersey show a shocking pattern of parents being deliberately deceived by agents of the Sexual State,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse.  In Missouri, Attorney General Andrew Bailey blew the whistle on Planned Parenthood illegally trafficking children out of state to have abortions. A Planned Parenthood manager admitted […]

Gender Identity ≠ Sexual Orientation: The Counseling Ban Sleight of Hand

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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?

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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.

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 […]

Hope for Healing Homosexuality

Hope for Healing Homosexuality: Alex Rodriguez joins the Dr. J show to discuss healing for those with same-sex attraction.

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 […]

More ‘quackery’ from the ‘kooks’

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Meanwhile, Dr. Jennifer Morse of The Ruth Institute says opponents of so-called “conversion therapy” are using false information to prevent people from exercising counseling freedom and finding help as they battle unwanted sexual attraction.

Counseling Helps People

The Ruth Institute held a press conference to announce the findings of Dr. Sullins work on counseling and same-sex attraction.

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.

Cincinnati Pregnancy Care Center Training

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse gives a training to Ruah Woods Pregnancy Care Center, covering the Sexual State, why pregnancy care centers need to be protected, understanding the LGBTQIA+ client, and building a civilization of love.

Ruth Institute congratulates UK counseling organization for its position on therapy bans

“This is highly encouraging,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., referring to a recent statement by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) acknowledging that talk therapy is not coercive and that therapists are fully entitled to believe that children with gender dysphoria should not be medicalized. “Faulty studies and false testimonies about […]

‘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 […]