Ryan T. Anderson

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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Jan 24, 2018
The Evidence Is In: The Sex-Change Revolution Is Based on Ideology, Not Science
America is in the midst of what has been called a "transgender moment."
Mar 30, 2015
Apple's CEO Tim Cook Is the 'Scary' One, Not Indiana's Religious Freedom Law
Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to the Washington Post to tell the nation that, in the words of the headline, "Pro-discrimination 'religious freedom' laws are dangerous."
Aug 22, 2014
Marriage Policy: States Should Make Their Own Laws
News about court cases that involve same-sex marriages usually travels fast. But when a judge in Tennessee recently upheld that state's constitutional authority to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, it went almost unnoticed.
Jul 22, 2014
Four Problems and a Response to Obama's LGBT Executive Order
On Monday, President Obama issued an executive order barring federal contractors from what it describes as "discrimination" on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Employers should respect the intrinsic dignity of all of their employees, but as I explain in greater detail at the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal, today's executive order undermines our nation's commitment to pluralism and religious liberty.
Jun 6, 2014
Six Things You Can Do to Support Marriage and Freedom
Some say we should abandon the defense of marriage and retreat to only protecting religious-liberty exemptions. They argue that this is the best course of action in light of what they take to be an inevitable defeat. Others go further and suggest that we should simply disengage with politics entirely, retreat to our own communities, and rebuild a marriage subculture there. As tempting as these plans may be, they aren't the right answer.
Sep 11, 2013
The Social Costs of Abandoning the Meaning of Marriage
Marriage plays a fundamental role in civil society because it is characterized by sexual complementarity, monogamy, exclusivity, and permanence. These marriage norms encourage men and women to commit permanently and exclusively to each other and take responsibility for their children.
Sep 3, 2013
The Obama Administration, Marriage, and the States
Just as families were getting ready to head out the door for a long holiday weekend, the Obama Administration has rolled out new policies that disregard states' authority over marriage and redefine marriage for a variety of federal purposes.
Aug 26, 2013
In NM, Same-Sex Marriage Trumps Religious Liberty
The Supreme Court of New Mexico ruled Aug. 22 that the First Amendment does not protect a Christian photographer's ability to decline to take pictures of a same-sex commitment ceremony -- even when doing so would violate the photographer's deeply held religious beliefs.
Aug 12, 2013
The Supreme Court and the Future of Marriage
In a 5–4 majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Windsor struck down section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage in federal law for federal policy as the union of one man and one woman. The Court held that the federal government has to accept state redefinitions of marriage for federal policies.
Jun 26, 2013
SCOTUS Issues Mixed Decisions on Marriage
The Supreme Court announced disturbing decisions today on two important cases dealing with marriage law. The Court refused, however, to create a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.