ADF 2017: The Sexual Revolution &, Its Victims
(June 8, 2017) Dr J addresses law students participating in the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship. In this part of her talk, her topic is "The Sexual Revolution and its Victims."
St. John Bosco’s Clergy Appreciation Dinner
(May 23, 2017) Dr J is the speaker at St. John Bosco Catholic Church’s annual Clergy Appreciation Dinner in Westlake, Louisiana. Her topic is "What the Ruth Institute Can Do for the Priests and People of St. John Bosco;", she also made a special statement to the children who were present.
How Do We Treat Our Children?
(May 16, 2017) Dr J is once again a guest of Drew Mariani on his eponymous show on Relevant Radio. They’re discussing how you can tell where a society is headed by how it treats its children.
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 […]
Feminist Baggage
(May 4, 2017) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing how hard it is to shake overarching political indoctrination, particularly when it’s focused on promoting yourself at the expense of all others–especially your family. Check out the referenced article from Crisis Magazine, "The Half-Made Bed and the More Excellent Way."
Western Culture is Worse off…
(April 24, 2017) Dr J is once again Molly Smith’s guest on From the Median. They’re discussing the founding and mission of the Ruth Institute and its work with the culture and the survivors of the sexual revolution.
Fantasy Worldviews of the Lifestyle Left
(March 29, 2017) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the political views of the upper classes–and how the elites feel free to use force of all kinds to bend everyone else to their particular definition of "truth.", Check out the article that inspired this topic, "The Upper Class is Communist,", over at Dr J’s blog, drjs.blog. Thanks, too, to the listener who shouted this out as "the soundbite of the decade."
The Day Without a Woman
(March 8, 2017) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the "Day Without a Woman", strike.
Marriage, Divorce, Counseling, and Healing
(March 2, 2017) Dr J is once again Sheila Liaugminas’ guest on Relevant Radio’s A Closer Look. They’re discussing several current projects of the Ruth Institute, including our Roses from Ruth shout-outs, Healing Family Breakdown retreats, and more.
Jennifer Johnson on Cohabitation
(February 13, 2017) Jennifer Johnson, Ruth Institute’s Associate Director, is speaking with Drew Mariani on his eponymous show on Relevant Radio. They’re discussing cohabitation.
I Don’t See a Floor Under this Elevator
(February 10, 2017) Dr J is interviewed by Greg Corombos on Dateline: Washington, Radio America’s nationally syndicated news magazine. They’re discussing a new survey on sex and singles released by Match.com that details the degree of casual sex among singles in today’s culture.
Study finds skyrocketing rate of abstinence among Millennials
by Ben Johnson This article was first published August 3, 2016, at LifeSiteNews. Think Millennials are the most sexually active generation in history? Think again, say the authors of a new study released on Monday. The number of young adults born in the 1990s who report they are not having sex is more than twice […]
Respect Life Banquet
(January 17, 2017) Dr J was the keynote speaker at this year’s Respect Life banquet, sponsored by the Roman Catholic diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana. She’s speaking on the sexual revolution and its victims–and the path forward.
Altar Society: About Ruth…
(November 21, 2016) Dr J was invited to speak at the Altar Society in Lake Charles on the work and history of the Ruth Institute.
Courage Conference: Phoenix 2017
(January 10, 2017) Dr J traveled to Phoenix to participate in the Courage Conference, a Roman Catholic organization dedicated to helping persons with same-sex attraction live chaste lives and seek holiness. Her topic was "Understanding the Sexual Revolution."
Putting Families First
(November 4, 2016) Dr J is a guest on The Kristine Franklin Show. This morning, she and Kristine are discussing the modern world’s abnormal separation of sex and procreation–and the fallout of the sexual revolution generally. Listen
Markets Without Limits
(October 26, 2016) Dr J travels to Austin, Texas to debate philosophy professor Dr. Peter Jaworski on the topic "Markets Without Limits.", Are markets for surrogacy and prostitution ethical? This event was sponsored by the Texas Economics Association, the James Q. Wilson Forum, and the Austin Institute. Check out our Ruth Refuge for the Q&A session in the middle of the event. Listen
Does the Family Have a Future? (Part 2: The Sexual State)
(October 13, 2016) Dr J travels to Rhode Island to speak at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church on the theme "Does the Family Have a Future?", This is the second part of her talk, this one’s theme is "The Sexual State.", If you missed the first part of her talk, check out the previous podcast. The questions and answers she took after each talk are also available on our Ruth Refuge. Listen
Dr J and Jennifer Johnson on the Sexual Revolution
(September 17, 2016) Dr J was invited to Phoenix, Arizona to speak to the diocese there. We’ve already podcasted that one, but during that visit, she and Ruth’s Director of Operations Jennifer Johnson were once again guests on Immaculate Heart Radio’s "The Catholic Conversation", with Steve and Becky Greene. They’re discussing the Ruth Institute’s work healing the family and shedding light on the problems wrought by the sexual revolution–divorce specifically.
Not your momma’s free market
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at The Blaze on September 29, 2016. I got into the conservative movement as a 19-year-old economics undergraduate at Ohio State University. My OSU professors were all recent graduates of the University of Chicago and were true believers in the free market. The theory was elegant, […]
Cafeteria Catholicism and Public Service
(September 21, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the "cafeteria Catholics", who pick and choose what to believe, they also touch on the current attempt by the Wijngaards Institute to pressure the Catholic Church to alter its teaching on contraception. The Institute was invited to make a presentation before the United Nations this week on the subject. Listen
Contraception, Catholics, and the U.N.
(September 20, 2016) Dr J is invited to be a guest on EWTN’s "Morning Glory", to discuss the current attempt by the Wijngaards Institute to alter Church teaching on contraception with a presentation before the United Nations.
Recycled Dissent and Renewed Emphasis on Humanae Vitae
(September 20, 2016) Dr J is once again Sheila Liaugminas’s guest on "A Closer Look.", They’re discussing the current attempt by the Wijngaards Institute to alter Church teaching on contraception with a presentation before the United Nations. This attempt is not going unresponded-to by Humanae Vitae Catholics, however.
Catholics in the Public Square
(September 17, 2016) Dr J was invited to Phoenix, Arizona to speak on "Catholics in the Public Square", to the diocese there. Her talk is designed to prepare people for personal and civic engagement on the marriage and life issues in the current cultural climate.
Record Low US Fertility Rates and a Legal Challenge to Polygamy Laws
(August 16, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the historic low in the United States’ fertility rate. They also briefly touch on the first legal challenge to United States polygamy law…
Dr J on Cogwatch
(August 5, 2016) Dr J is a guest on Dr. Robert Oscar Lopez’s podcast Cogwatch. They’re discussing Marilyn Monroe, the sexual revolution and its victims, and what went wrong with Christian churches on the topic of sexuality. Dr. Lopez also wrote a piece for the Federalist on this topic.
Does Sex Have Meaning? (And Who Can Really Say?)
by Ryan C. MacPherson, a Ruth Circle of Experts member Book Review: On the Meaning of Sex, J. Budziszewski ISI Books, 2011; 145 pages, $27.95 Reprinted with permission from the author from The Family in America. Noah Webster was no intellectual slouch. Proficient in the languages of the ancient Near East as well as of modern Europe, he painstakingly compiled the etymology, orthography, and signification of 70,000 words for the great American Dictionary of the English Language published in 1828. A product of his times, but also a product of one of the best intellectual traditions humanity has mustered in all of time, Webster did not hesitate to follow the guidance of natural law when defining terms that refer to humanity in its personal, social, and political manifestations. Webster defined sex as “the distinction between male and female,” male as “pertaining to the sex that procreates young,” and female as “noting the sex which produces young.” And marriage? “The act of uniting a man and a woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and a woman for life . . . for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children.” Two centuries removed from Webster, many people now reject his definitions as being too morally restrictive, too narrowly traditional, too out of step with the hodgepodge of Facebook status updates, YouTube videos, and MP3 downloads that shape personal identities today. Indeed, for college students such as “Harris,” the question no longer is whether Webster got the definition of “sex” right, but whether “sex” has any meaning at all. Harris is certain that sex is meaningless. And yet, Harris is just as certain that the factories for human reproduction depicted in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World are appalling. In the opinion of Harris’s philosophy professor, J. Budziszewski, Harris must be confused. How can the student say that sex has no meaning and nevertheless find it appalling that procreati
A Department of Justice Letter to Public Schools about Transgender Students
(August 3, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing Ivanka Trump’s speech at the GOP convention, gender identity politics, and the NBA’s punitive actions toward North Carolina in light of transgender politics.
Homosexuality is a Natural Law Issue
My friend Daniel Mattson hits it out of the park today, “Why Homosexuality is a Natural Law Issue.” I’m thinking pretty much every moral issue can be framed as a natural law issue, but that’s just me. Dan has had great succes talking with young people about sexual morality using this approach. Must read for […]
Two Men Talk about Marriage: New Book
This looks like a good book, and a good resource for our Gay Lifestyle Refugees. Jeremy Bell was in a long term, same-sex relationship and had not yet met his now-friend and co-author John McCaughan when he began, six years ago, to think seriously about the meaning of marriage. John, on the other hand, had […]
Through Family Breakdown to Healing and Hope
(July 7, 2016) Dr J was invited to speak to the Kiwanis Club in Lake Charles on the sexual revolution’s effects on family breakdown and what we can do to make things better.
Female Supreme Court Justices and a Texas Abortion Law
(July 6, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the recent Supreme Court decision that struck down requirements that Texas abortion clinics deliver the same standard of medical care as other medical facilities.
Suuprize, Suuprize, Suuprize! Sex Ed doesn’t help teens.
For those who may not remember, Gomer Pyle, USMC was a sitcom featuring Jim Nabors as a dumb but loveable Marine private. One of his most famous lines was “Suuprize, Suuprize, Suuprize.” He would utter these words when he was about to do something to irritate the Sargent or say something obvious. I’ve decided […]
Making the Case for Marriage: Acton 2016
(June 16, 2016) It’s that time of year again–Dr J is at Acton University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She’s been with the conference since the beginning, and yesterday she gave one of the foundational lectures designed to orient religious leaders in basic economic concepts. This lecture is on "Making the Case for Marriage."
Making Marriage Matter, Part 2
(June 9, 2016) Dr J fields questions after addressing law students participating in the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship. If you missed her talks on the family as the foundation of society and the agenda of the modern sexual revolution, check out our podcast stream.
The LGBT Movement vs. the Sexual Revolution
(June 6, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the ideological incoherence of the sexual revolution and its tendency, in myriad ways, of eating its own as it proceeds.
C-FAM: The Sexual Revolution
(June 3, 2016) Dr J addressed a select group of UN delegates on problems of the sexual revolution. This exclusive event was sponsored by C-FAM and held at a resort on Lake George, New York for 30 delegates from around the world and their families. C-FAM is the Center for Family and Human Rights, and it advocates for life and family at the United Nations.
The New Trans Patriarchy
today’s “trans movement”… takes us back to a time when women were valued based on their appearance, and whether they fit someone else’s preconceived notion of femininity. In essence, all it takes to be a woman today are [fake] breasts and good hair. As a culture, we are telling women that the feelings and sentiments […]
Blackmail Threat Leads to life-giving Testimony
Leave it to pro-choice political operatives to make a blackmail threat against a pro-life politician and his family. And leave it to the King of Kings to bring light out of darkness and to write straight with crooked lines. It seems that “an unnamed source” told Michigan State Rep. Lee Chatfield, a pro-life Republican, that they […]
The Case for Marriage (SWBTS), Part 2
(May 24, 2016) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the largest Southern Baptist seminaries in the world, hosted Dr. J at their annual Summer Institute, sponsored by the Land Center. This is the second part of her address to pastors and seminary professors on making the case for marriage, if you missed the first part, check out the previous podcast.
The Case for Marriage (SWBTS), Part 1
(May 24, 2016) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the largest Southern Baptist seminaries in the world, hosted Dr. J at their annual Summer Institute, sponsored by the Land Center. She addressed pastors and seminary professors on making the case for marriage.
Catholic Talk interview
(May 19, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! She had a whirlwind schedule and spoke at different places each day, those are all up in our podcast stream. Here we’re sharing an interview she gave to Xt3.com, Marriage Equals, and Catholic Talk on the trajectory of the sexual revolution and the nature of marriage.
Marriage Alliance: Public Policies and Personal Strategies
(May 20, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! She was invited to speak at a Marriage Alliance event in Sydney. Her talk is on public policies and personal strategies for sparking discussion and change on the marriage issue. She took questions afterward, too–those are available on the Ruth Refuge podcast.
Future Families Forum
(May 19, 2016) Dr J is in Australia! She was invited to speak at the Future Families Forum, an invitation-only educational event for over 200 leaders in the Greek Orthodox community in Sydney. She’s speaking about class warfare.
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 […]
Do the Gay Rights and Transgendered Rights Movements Have the Same Goals?
(April 25, 2016) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. In light of the recent "bathroom bill", and fallout, they’re discussing the transgender movement’s ideologies.
FAVS: The Family and the Market
(April 15, 2016) Dr J addresses Christian faculty, clergy members, and business leaders at the Acton Institute’s "Toward a More Free and Virtuous Society", conference. Her talk is entitled "Virtue and Economic Thinking."
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 […]
Reclaiming Religious Freedom and the First Amendment–(Hint: We’ve Got to Talk about Sex!)
(March 31, 2016) Dr J addresses students, parents, lawyers, and clergy members at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA. She was speaking at the Unity Summit, an event addressing threats to America’s first, second, and seventh amendments. Her talk is entitled "Reclaiming Religious Freedom and the First Amendment–Hint: We’ve Got to Talk about Sex!"
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 […]
Man, 18, Conceived at Concert, Seeks Biological Father via Facebook
(March 11, 2016) Dr J is once again Teresa Tomeo’s guest on Catholic Connection, where they’re discussing a teen’s efforts to find his unknown father using Facebook and the few details he has on his conception at a rock concert 18 years ago.
GWU: The Sexual Revolution and Its Victims
(March 10, 2016) Dr J addresses students, faculty, and community members at an event jointly sponsored by the Federalist Society and the James Wilson Institute at George Washington University. Her talk is entitled "The Sexual Revolution and its Victims."
Restoring Marriage Today
(March 4, 2016) Dr J is one of the speakers at this year’s Catholic Answers Conference: "Restoring Marriage Today.", Her talk was entitled "Keeping the Family Together: Public Policies and Personal Strategies."
I never thought to question the morality of abortion.
My mother left when I was six. My sister and I went to a beautiful old house we called “the home” – a group home for girls whose families were under stress. We were fed and dressed well, had lots of play time but, even with my sister there, I was scared. I saw Matron […]
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 […]
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 […]
From the Median: The Need for Intact Families
(January 6, 2016) Dr J is once again Molly Smith’s guest on From the Median to discuss how the sexual revolution has not provided a solution to our problems–the whole package has been damaging, and we can’t ignore some fruits of it while condemning others.
The Catholic Conversation: Fallout from the Sexual Revolution
(November 17, 2015) Dr J is interviewed by Steve and Becky Green on The Catholic Conversation out of Phoenix, Arizona. They’re discussing the fallout of the sexual revolution in regard to freedom and the family broadly and children specifically.
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 […]
Assessing Damage and Restoring Family Values
(October 29, 2015) Dr J is in Utah! She traveled there to be part of the 9th annual World Congress of Families. She’s speaking at their plenary panel "Assessing Damage and Restoring Family Values", on all of the different types of people who have been harmed by the sexual revolution.
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 […]
The Vatican’s Synod on the Family
(October 14, 2015) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re discussing the Catholic church’s worldwide Synod on the Family and the educational conference immediately beforehand in which Dr J participated.
The Family: Antidote to the Sexual Revolution
(October 12, 2015) Dr J is once again Patrick Coffin’s guest on Catholic Answers Live. Their topic: the family as the antidote to the sexual revolution.
Teaser: October Synod on the Family
(September 30, 2015) Dr J is once again Molly Smith’s guest on From the Median to discuss her upcoming trip to the Vatican for the October Synod on the Family.
The Impact of Re-Defining Marrriage on Children and Society
(March 7, 2015) This is Dr. Morse’s talk from the 2015 "Bringing America Back to Life", convention in Cleveland, Ohio. It’s entitled "The Impact of Redefining Marriage on Children and Society.", Special thanks to Molly Smith and From the Median for this audio.
The Sexual Revolution, Part 6
(September 8, 2015) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re concluding their 6-part series on the sexual revolution: this one touches on the stigma of abstinence, the effects of the hook-up culture, and the West’s war on fertility, among other things.
