When you say ‘Gay marriage is inevitable,’ do you mean rich people want it?

On 05.09.13, In Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, By Betsy

By Jennifer Roback Morse

This article was first published May 9, 2013, at americanthinker.com.

You have no doubt heard the news that gay marriage is inevitable.  The New York state legislature redefined marriage in 2011. Rhode Island redefined marriage earlier this week.  Delaware just removed the gender requirement from marriage. Minnesota is poised to vote on the issue this week.  This steady drumbeat of state legislatures changing the definition of marriage as it has been known for millennia surely must show that so-called gay marriage is inevitable. (more…)

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Traditional Marriage Apologetics

On 04.18.13, In Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, Same Sex Marriage, By Betsy

Jennifer Roback Morse of The Ruth Institute defends traditional marriage to young people

by Les Sillars

This article was originally published April 18, 2013, at worldmag.com.

Jennifer Roback Morse, an economist, rejects the notion that increasing support for homosexual marriage among young people means that its legalization is somehow inevitable. She is founder and president of The Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage Education Fund that promotes traditional marriage to college students and other young adults. The arguments for marriage can work with that group, she said, because they’ve never heard them before. Presented well, the case is “extremely powerful.” (more…)

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Reflections of a Former Fetus and Former Incubator

On 04.09.13, In Abortion, contraception, feminism, Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, By Betsy

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Radical pro-choice rhetoric attacks the most basic facts of our human existence: that the human body comes in two different but complementary types, male and female. They cannot forgive women who embrace femininity rather than neuter themselves. (more…)
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Neither In the Jungle Nor Out of It

On 03.28.13, In college students, feminism, By Betsy

by , Ruth Institute Circle of Experts Member

This article was first published at the public discourse on 

Lust perverts language itself, calling sex “safe” or “protected,” and cohabitation “honest,” and relationships “mutual,” which are nothing but forays into a jungle, where the strongest and most cunning survive.

Several weeks ago, Saint Valentine’s Day at my school came and went. There was no dance. There was no concert. There was no ice cream social. There was no party for trading little gifts. There was no showing of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Marty or Goodbye, Mr. Chips or Casablanca. There were no foolish and innocent flirtations on the way to class. (more…)

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Dr. Morse’s Rally Speech for the March for Marriage

On 03.26.13, In Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, Same Sex Marriage, By Betsy

Washington, D.C. March 26, 2013

Dr. Morse generally does not speak from a text at rallies such as the March for Marriage; however, this is approximately what she said.

This year was the fortieth anniversary of Roe v Wade. We are gathered here to send one simple message to the Justices of the Supreme Court: allow the conversation about marriage to continue. Do not try to short circuit the debate over marriage the way Roe v Wade short circuited the debate over life. (more…)

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