Tag: Jennifer Roback Morse

Why I Don’t Call Anyone “Gay”

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published August 28, 2018, at Crisis Magazine. The clergy sex abuse and cover-up stories have created a linguistic challenge for faithful Catholics. Over 80 percent of these clergy abuse cases involve predatory sexual activity between adult men and younger men in less powerful positions. Some Catholic commentators […]

RUTH INSTITUTE PRESIDENT AND AUTHOR OF “THE SEXUAL STATE” SAYS RECORD RATES OF STDS ARE ANOTHER TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION

Commenting on the recently released report by the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, President of the Ruth Institute and author of The Sexual State, said, “Record rates of sexually transmitted disease are another tragic consequence of the Sexual Revolution.” The CDC reports that in 2017, there were 2.294 million cases of syphilis, […]

Hope and healing for the Sexual Revolution’s victims

Jennifer Roback Morse sees a whole collection of “social issues” as, in reality, one giant issue: what is the meaning and purpose of human sexuality? This article was first published August 23, 2018, at Catholic World Report. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse is releasing a new book, The Sexual State, published by TAN Books. The theme […]

Becoming the Solution: How Ordinary Catholics Can Help to Reform Their Church

By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published September 3, 2018, at National Catholic Register. COMMENTARY: Faithful Catholics can change some of the incentives the hierarchy has been allowed to operate under. I know you are upset. I’m upset. The revelations of perverted men using the priesthood for their own purposes has shaken everything […]

Secular Arguments for Marriage Are Not Enough

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published July 11, 2018, at Crisis. Scott Hahn is a prolific Biblical scholar with a huge fan-base among orthodox Catholics. He doesn’t need my help promoting his new book, The First Society: The Sacrament of Matrimony and the Restoration of Social Order. But I need some help […]

Harvey Weinstein, Theodore McCarrick & How You Can Help the #CatholicMeToo Movement

by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published August 20, 2018, at NCRegister.com. The fact that Archbishop McCarrick’s preferred sex partners are male and Weinstein’s are female should not distract us from this most basic point. Both men live by the sexual revolutionary creed. Harvey Weinstein (L); Archbishop Theodore McCormick (R) (Weinstein (Sam […]

Speak for Yourself, Cardinal Farrell

I was always taught to respect the clergy. But what do we do when the clergy harm each other? By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published on July 20, 2018, at The Stream. I was always taught to respect the clergy. Give them the benefit of the doubt. Should criticism be necessary, let […]

The Ruth Institute: Genesis and Ongoing Work

(July 22, 2018) Dr J is a guest of Hunter Forman on his podcast "Everything Like Such As.&quot, They’re discussing the sexual revolution, the genesis of the Ruth Institute, and its ongoing work. This podcast is a rebroadcast of two segments of Hunter’s podcast "Everything Like Such As."

Fighting the Sexual Revolution

by Dustin Siggins First published at The Stream on June 21, 2018. The Stream asked the president of the Ruth Institute why she brought Paul Sullins into their work. Dr. Jennifer Morse: replied: “We are concerned that ordinary people are making life-changing decisions without accurate information about the long-term consequences. Millions of people have thrown […]

Siena Symposium speaker: ‘Contraceptive ideology’ creates new layer of inequality

by Susan Klemond This article was first published at The Catholic Spirit May 1, 2018. The economy and upper-level decision-making in the United States are built on delayed childbearing — a consequence of the sexual revolution and widespread promotion of contraceptives, said Jennifer Roback Morse in her April 26 talk at the University of St. […]

Symposium: ‘Humanae Vitae’ Teachings Essential for Stable Marriages, Families

Benedictine College event looked at why the teachings of the Church are the answer to many current cultural and societal problems. Mary Rezac/CNA/EWTN News March 28, 2018, at ncregister.com. ATCHISON, Kan. — The promise of the sexual revolution and contraception was total sexual freedom for everyone. “Sex is for fun and now women can have […]

Healing Family Breakdown: Ann Arbor

(May 14, 2018) Dr J is once again Teresa Tomeo’s guest on Ave Maria Radio’s Catholic Connection. They’re discussing Ruth Institute’s upcoming "Healing Family Breakdown&quot, workshop on May 19 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Healing Family Breakdown will be held at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. More details here.

The Real Reason The Atlantic Fired Kevin Williamson

by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse First published April 11, 2018, at The Stream. Kevin Williamson has been summarily dismissed from The Atlantic. The editor says it was because Williamson advocated that the law should treat abortion as murder. But this is hardly a full explanation of the full social process around this disturbing incident. Williamson […]

Same Sex Attraction: A feeling, not an identity

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at Clash Daily on April 18, 2108. “Am I Gay?” Today, every family in America faces this question one way or another. Even the best families. Maybe you have a child, or sibling, or close friend who feels attracted to people of the same sex. Maybe […]

Dear Dr. Peterson: The Resurrection is Credible. Dear MSM: Just Stop It.

Human psychology sheds light on whether Jesus literally rose from the dead. By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on March 19, 2018, at The Stream. Jordan Peterson has become a hero to many because of his relentless truth-telling. Many people of faith see him as an ally. In a wide-ranging interview with Patrick Coffin, former Catholic […]

Will Cupich “Accompany” Reluctantly Divorced Spouses?

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published March 14, 2018, at Crisis Magazine. Cardinal Cupich has been holding seminars on implementing Amoris Laetitia. These “New Momentum Conferences” will “provide formative pastoral programs.” I wonder whether these seminars will include anything for reluctantly divorced persons. No one else seems to be doing anything for […]

"How to Defend Marriage" on the Patrick Coffin Show

“Dr. J” to her tribe, this influencer has a PhD and teaching experience at Yale and George Brown University. An economist by training, she has invaluable insights into the wreckage we see around us caused by the failed Sexual Revolution. The organization she founded, The Ruth Institute, exists to help survivors of this very public […]

Invite Children of Divorce to Cupich’s Amoris Laetitia Seminars

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published February 28, 2017 at Crisis Magazine.   I see where Cardinal Cupich is planning a series of seminars on Amoris Laetitia. According to a letter obtained by the Catholic News Agency, the “New Momentum Conferences on Amoris Laetitia,” will “provide formative pastoral programs.” As someone who […]

‘Go to Confession’ Campaign

For immediate release: Ruth Institute launches ‘Go to Confession’ Campaign (February 15, 2018, Lake Charles, LA)During this season of Lent, The Ruth Institute has launched an online and billboard campaign in Lake Charles, Louisiana, encouraging people of all faiths to make things right with God. “The ‘Go to Confession’ campaign is a way to remind […]

Ask Dr. J: Should I go to my brother’s same sex wedding?

Dear Dr. J: My brother just announced he would be getting married to his boyfriend. They have been together for approximately ten years. My parents and brothers raised their glasses to his plans and seem to be congratulating them. As a Roman Catholic with my principles of natural family and natural marriage, how should I […]

Here’s What’s Fishy about Al Franken’s Resignation and Selective Outrage.

By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at Clash Daily on Dec. 13, 2017. Former comedian Al Franken is resigning his seat as a Minnesota senator. Multiple women accused him of sexual harassment. The most notorious incident was the photo of him groping a female journalist, while she slept. In his resignation […]

The Medical Risks of Homosexuality and The Values Voters Summit

Sexual revolutionaries consistently change the subject away from medical risks and back to their favorite topic: the hatefulness of anyone who brings them up. By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published on October 24, 2017, at The Stream. The breathless headlines from the main stream media announced that the nefarious Donald Trump spoke […]

Liberals mad Trump spoke at event where guests learned truth about gay STD epidemic

by Claire Chretien This article was first posted October 16, 2017, at Life Site News. WASHINGTON, D.C., October 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Liberal media and LGBT activists are outraged that President Trump spoke at a conference where an exhibitor warned people of the scientifically-documented health risks of sodomy. On Friday, Trump became the first sitting […]

The Toxic Ideas that Enabled Weinstein and Others

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first posted October 26, 2017, at Crisis Magazine. The Media-Entertainment Complex claims to be “shocked, shocked, I tell you,” to learn that powerful Hollywood men like Harvey Weinstein engage in a systematic pattern of sexual assault. Those of us outside Hollywood are not the slightest bit shocked. In fact, a lot of us in Fly-Over Country are just waiting for other powerful men to be implicated. This situation gives us an opportunity to unmask the ideology that enable predators like Weinstein. One of the most revolutionary ideas of our time is that a good and decent society ought to separate sex and childbearing from each other. The Grand Narrative goes something like this: Caring for unwanted children is an unjust demand on women. Sexual activity without a live baby is an entitlement for men and women alike. People need and are entitled to sexual activity. A life without sex is scarcely worth living. Do I exaggerate? Perhaps a bit. But the United Nations makes a claim that is very nearly that stark. On its “Frequently Asked Questions” page, the United Nations Population Fund answers the question “What is Reproductive Health?” Reproductive health can be defined as a state of well-being related to one’s sexual and reproductive life. It implies, according to the ICPD Programme of Action, “that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.” (para. 7.2) The United Nations never quite explains who has the responsibility to provide us with a “safe and satisfying sex life.” As for having the “capability to reproduce the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so”: that should not be rocket science, requiring a whole “Programme of Action.” A person who judges that the time is not right for a baby, has the option of not having sex. Pretty simple. Evidently, it is not that simple. Somehow, the United Nations does not expect people to go without sex, even tempo

Harvey Weinstein, etc.

(October 26, 2017) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the current sexual abuse scandal surrounding Harvey Weinstein, California’s new "non-binary&quot, gender designation, and not-so-nefarious goings-on at the recent Values Voters Summit. We made mention of the articles Dr J penned on the subjects: The Toxic Ideas that Enabled Weinstein and Others and The Medical Risks of Homosexuality and the Values Voters Summit. Also: more information on Issues’s annual Making the Case Conference.

Vanco Doesn’t Want My Business. Or Yours.

If you are a social conservative, big business does not want your business. By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published on October 20, 2017, at The Stream. If you’re a social conservative, big business does not want your business. I found that out the hard way. Vanco, the company that used to process […]

Instead of ‘The Benedict Option’, Consider ‘The Marian Option’

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published July 8, 2017, at Clash Daily. The Benedict Option has taken up a lot of bandwidth in cultural conservative circles, more than it deserves, frankly. A much better book has come out: The Marian Option by philosophy Ph.D. and homeschooling mother of four, Dr. Carrie Gress. […]

On Important Issues, the Alt-Right and Life-Style Left Agree

By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published September 2, 2017, at The Stream. The dust has settled on the clash between the Alt-Right and the Left in Charlottesville. But the labeling (or libeling) of conservatives will be back. Powerful people and organizations on the Left want to link the Alt-Right with the entire […]

Online Processor Drops Pro-Family Ruth Institute for Promoting ‘Hate’

  “The organization has been flagged by Card Brands as being affiliated with a product/service that promotes hate…” by Jim Graves This article was first published September 10, 2017, at National Catholic Register. Conservative groups, including those who support a traditional view of marriage and family life, have been increasingly complaining about attempts by major […]

Veritas Conference

(September 16, 2017) Dr J was invited to speak at Lake Charles’ Veritas Conference in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her topic is the gender ideology.

Another ruthless attack on a pro-family group

Corporate America flexes its muscle to enforce conformity Interview of Jennifer Roback Morse by Mercatornet.com on September 4, 2017. A few days ago, Dr Jennifer Roback Morse, a frequent contributor to MercatorNet, learned that credit card donations to her organisation, the Ruth Institute, had been cut off. Vanco Payment Solutions – “unlock the power of […]

Pro-family group blacklisted after being labelled ‘hateful’

This article was first published September 11, 2017, at Christian.org.uk. A group helping children suffering from the effects of family breakdown has been axed by its online payments provider after political activists accused it of being a “hate group”. The Ruth Institute is on a ‘hate map’ alongside 900 other US organisations such as the […]

Donation Processor Drops Pro-Family Group Over ‘Hate’ Label

by Rachel del Guidice This article was first published September 1, 2017, at Daily Signal. The founder of a nonprofit dedicated to repairing families says she thinks being incorrectly labeled a “hate group” prompted the company that processed donations to drop her organization. Ruth Institute’s biblical stance on issues such as gender identity and same-sex […]

Charity That Helps Families May Be Latest Victim of SPLC ‘Hate Map’

by Dale Hurd This article was first published September 12, 2017, at CBN.com. Ruth Institute, a Christian nonprofit dedicated to helping families, thinks that being labeled a “hate group” is the reason a company that processed its donations has severed ties with the organization.   Vanco Payment Solutions, which processed Ruth Institute’s online donations, emailed […]

To Make a Family: an Interview with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse

by Marcia Segelstein This article was first published at Salvo Magazine in September 2012. While her academic credentials are impressive enough to be intimidating, Jennifer Roback Morse’s demeanor is anything but. She manages the not-so-simple task of being warm and genuinely friendly while speaking boldly and knowledgably about some of the most hot-button issues of the day. Morse earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester, spent a postdoctoral year at the University of Chicago, and taught economics for fifteen years at Yale University and George Mason University. She’s the author of two books: Love and Economics, recently reissued with a new subtitle, It Takes a Family to Raise a Village, and Smart Sex: Finding Lifelong Love in a Hook-Up World. She is the founder and president of the Ruth Institute, which seeks “to promote lifelong married love to college students by creating an intellectual and social climate favorable to marriage.” To that end, Morse is a regular contributor to National Review Online, National Catholic Register, and TownHall, is a frequent speaker on college campuses and at other venues, and maintains a topical and engaging website at the Ruth Institute (ruthinstitute.org). She played a key role in the Proposition 8 battle to uphold the legal definition of marriage in California and continues to be on the front lines of the fight for natural marriage. Dr. Morse spoke to Salvo about what changed the trajectory of her life, whether she’s optimistic or pessimistic about the future, and what keeps her awake at night. One of your published biographies says that the experience of infertility brought you back to the practice of the Catholic faith after several years away from it. How did that happen? Infertility was the first time in my adult life when I couldn’t get what I wanted by trying harder, and being smart, and following all the rules. When it came to something that really mattered to me, I just couldn’t make it happen. And that made it clear to me in a way that nothing el

Corporate America Dances to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Tune

By Charlotte Allen This article was first published September 09, 2017, at the Weekly Standard.   The “hate list” generating Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) already has the media firmly in its pocket. If the SPLC calls, say, Bell Curve and Coming Apart author Charles Murray a “white supremacist,” why, so will the Washington Post. […]

When the Pope Praises You and the World Puts You on a “Hate” List

by Justin McClain This article was first published at the NCRegister on September 7, 2017. Ultimately, who determines what is hateful, and who determines what is loving? The word “hate,” one of the strongest in the English language, risks losing its actual potency when it is misapplied. To be clear from the outset, there are […]

SPLC ‘Hate Map’ Targets Christians, Pro-Family Groups

  The Southern Poverty Law Center lists the Alliance Defending Freedom and other Christian organizations as ‘extremist,’ and they have decided to fight back. by Joan Frawley Desmond This article was first published at NCRegister on August 31, 2017. Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, answers questions at a news conference in […]

Did this group lose its fundraising page because of its view on marriage?

September 07, 2017 – By Catholic News Agency A non-profit group dedicated to studying and explaining the effects of the sexual revolution claims that its ability to process donations online was cancelled because of its views on sexuality. “The Ruth Institute’s primary focus is family breakdown and its impact on children: understanding it, healing it, […]

Wells Fargo may be linked to persecution of pro-family groups over ‘hate’ accusation

by Doug Mainwaring This article was first published September 6, 2017, at LifeSiteNews. The pro-family, pro-children Ruth Institute was notified Thursday that its online donation processor had cut off services because it promotes “hate, violence, harassment or abuse.” Correspondence suggests that there is a line leading directly to banking giant Wells Fargo and the Southern […]

Southern Poverty Law ‘hate map’ label proves costly to pro-family Ruth Institute

Catholic nonprofit dropped by online donation service over listing, fights ‘hate’ label   By Valerie Richardson- The Washington Times – Tuesday, September 5, 2017   Southern Poverty Law Center “hate map” has come under heated criticism on the right for lumping mainstream conservative organizations with the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. (SPLC)   Being classified […]

Southern Poverty Law Center Gets Creative to Label ‘Hate Groups’

Principled conservatives are lumped together with bigots. By Megan McArdle   This article was first posted September 7, 2017, at Bloomberg. This is an actual hate group. It shouldn’t be lost in a list of 900. Source: Hulton Archive, via Getty Images In 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center designated the Family Research Council a […]

SPLC’s McCarthyism Knifes Catholic Non-Profit

By Rod Dreher This article was first posted September 1, 2017, at The American Conservative. One more small but significant step in making it hard for orthodox Christians to buy and sell in America: Vanco Payment Solutions has cut off services from a Louisiana-based Christian ministry, citing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Hate Map,” which […]

Donation Processing Company Cancels Christian Group’s Service Because SPLC Labeled It a “Hate Group”

by Steven Ertelt This article was first published at Life News on September 1, 2017. A company that processes online donations for organizations cancelled its service with a Christian organization after the pro-abortion Southern Poverty Law Center labeled it a “hate group” over its conservative political views. This action highlights longstanding concerns pro-life conservatives have […]

Christian Group Dropped by Online Payment Service Over SPLC ‘Hate’ Map

By Brandon Showalter This article was first published in the Christian Post on September 1, 2017. Vanco Payment Solutions has cut off services from a Louisiana-based Christian ministry, citing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Hate Map,” which accuses the ministry of promoting “hate, violence, harassment and/or abuse.” Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the […]

Target of the SPLC’s Notorious ‘Hate List’ Speaks Out

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at The Stream on August 23, 2017. I categorically condemn the Alt-Right, white supremacy, racism, Nazism and all violent totalitarian political movements. But I am a bit confused. I thought I was supposed to be a member of the Alt-Right, or a racist, or a Nazi, […]

But What About Abusive Marriages?

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was originally posted at Crisis Magazine August 3, 2017. When people learn that I oppose no-fault divorce, some will say, “You have forgotten about abusive marriages.” When the Ruth Institute, the organization that I lead, describes itself as “The World’s Only Campaign to End Family Breakdown,” we hear again, […]

Euthanizing the Unhappy: The Urgent Need for Love

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at Public Discourse on November 7th, 2013. The case of a Belgian woman who committed physician-assisted suicide after a sex-change operation reveals that we must not only look more closely at the causes of gender dysphoria, we must also offer all people the love that they […]

Recognizing Propaganda for Divorce

An excerpt from “The Sexual State,” a forthcoming book by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse At the heart of the Divorce Ideology is one simple idea: kids are so resilient that they do not really need their own parents. This idea salves many a guilty conscience over making these choices. This is the idea that allows […]

Beauty and the Beast’s Obeisance to the Big Gay Machine

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published April 17, 2017, at Crisis Magazine. My son and I saw the new Beauty and the Beast. It was lovely, magical, following the 1991 cartoon, almost scene for scene, song for song. This is the story everyone wants to hear: darkness and evil and selfishness transformed […]

Young Americans Cheat on Spouses Less Often Than Older Americans, Study Finds

By Brandon Showalter, CP Reporter This article was first posted July 5, 2017, at Christian Post. Marriage requires more than just the rings and the vows. Younger Americans are less likely to cheat on their spouses than older Americans are, and although culture has become much more accepting of loose sexual norms, adultery is still […]

Dr J &amp, Al Kresta at Acton 2017

(June 21, 2017) Live from this year’s Acton University, Dr J is Al Kresta’s guest on his eponymous radio show from Ave Maria. Between workshops, they’re discussing the issues related to the sexual revolution: a culture hostile to life and family, ideologies opposed to gender and marriage, and more.

DIVORCE ENABLERS: The Liberal Fantasy World Is Wrecking Children’s Lives

This article was published June 3, 2017, at ClashDaily.com. By Jennifer Roback Morse The Divorce Ideology is one of the linchpins of the Sexual Revolution. Kids are resilient. Parents who don’t get along do their kids no favor by staying married. Everyone has a right to be happy, which means the right to change sex […]

The Half-Made Bed and the More Excellent Way

by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first posted at Crisis Magazine on May 2, 2017. “The Personal is Political” was a slogan engineered by Marxist feminists of the 1960s and 1970s. Few people realized at the time exactly what that slogan entailed. “The personal is political” should have telegraphed loud and clear that these […]

The myth of ‘economic man’: How love holds society together

by Joseph Sunde at Acton.org on February 14, 2017 Despite the predictable flurry of sugary clichés and hedonistic consumerism, Valentine’s Day is as good an opportunity as any to reflect on the nature of human love and consider how we might further it across society. For those of us interested in the study of economics, […]

Dear Dr. J: My niece is expecting twins with her same sex partner.

Dear Dr. J, What do I say to a same-sex married lesbian niece whose mother (my sister-in-law) just left a phone message saying they “are expecting twins”? Congratulations just doesn’t seem right but it’s not the children’s faults. It doesn’t seem right to create a family rift over this but neither can I be happy […]

Change Your Marriage For The Better Today

A book review from TampaMeditations.com on 12/21/2016 you can start to change your own marriage today, simply by making a decision to be more generous: by being the first to forgive; by making allowances; by admitting you were wrong. These are an antidote to self-righteousness, the belief that “it’s not my fault”. There are other […]

In Person: Dr J on Morning Drive

Mon, 13 March 2017 In Person: Dr J (March 13, 2017) Dr J is once again Dina Marie Hale’s guest on her "In Person&quot, segment of Mater Dei’s Morning Drive. They’re discussing the genesis and work of the Ruth institute–how a purely economic model fails to account for the work of the family.