by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

The hyper-active gay-rights establishment in California has finally succeeded in getting the Governor Schwarzenegger to sign the California Student Civil Rights Act. State Senator Sheila Kuehl’s new bill adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of groups protected from educational discrimination. Teachers and school districts have been prohibited from “giving instruction… [and] sponsoring any activity that reflects adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin or ancestry” and more recently, sexual orientation and gender identity have been added to the list. (more…)

Miscarriage of care.

By Jennifer Roback Morse

“Family Buries Toddler” read the headline in the San Diego Union Tribune. Police arrested the child’s foster mother, on suspicion of her perpetrating the massive brain injuries which caused the two-year-old’s death. But the people really responsible for the child’s demise will never be arrested. Although it is customary to blame the incompetence of the foster-care system for a senseless death like this, foster care per se did not kill Malachi. The child welfare system’s unwillingness to terminate parental rights killed him. (more…)

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by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

Published at ToTheSource.org April 10, 2007.

David Blankenhorn’s important new book, The Future of Marriage, makes clear that the social issue of our time is not whether marriage will be “expanded” to include same sex couples. The real issue is whether marriage as an institution will be so emptied of meaning that it becomes a gender neutral institution, rather than the premier gender-based institution of society. This isn’t fundamentally about gay people. The issue is marriage: what marriage is, and what it does for society. Blankenhorn argues convincingly that marriage bereft of gender can not perform the social functions that marriage universally performs: marriage attaches children with their fathers and mothers and fathers and mothers to each other. (more…)

by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.

First published at Townhall.com on February 6, 2006.

This article explains how obedi-phobia, or a pathological fear of legitimate authority, hampers our quest for wisdom. We lack wisdom because we keep ourselves from obeying and learning from an experienced legitimate authority. Ultimately, the problem is needing to learn to trust that authority. Read on to find out what I mean. Trust me, it will be worth your time. (more…)

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By Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

Originally published at www.townhall.com on January 2, 2006.

It was the headline that did it: “Hussein dwells on own predicament, not on testimony.” I’m thinking, I know this guy. He sounds a lot like some of the kids I’ve seen in my years around the foster care system. This guy is a socio-path, most probably with reactive attachment disorder. (more…)

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