Ryan T. Anderson and Robert P. George

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  • The Evidence Is In: The Sex-Change Revolution Is Based on Ideology, Not Science

    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."

  • Apple's CEO Tim Cook Is the 'Scary' One, Not Indiana's Religious Freedom Law

    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."

  • The Mario That Might Have Been

    The Mario That Might Have Been

    With his intelligence and his oratorical gifts, Mario Cuomo could have been the true champion of the little guy—the littlest of all—if he had kept the Democratic Party from becoming captive to the abortion interest.

  • Has the Catholic Church Changed Its Teaching on Gay Marriage?

    Has the Catholic Church Changed Its Teaching on Gay Marriage?

    When you went to bed this past Sunday evening, the Catholic Church taught the following; marriage is indissoluble

  • Marriage Policy: States Should Make Their Own Laws

    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.

  • Contrasting Views of Marriage (Part 4): The Destructive Logic of Marriage Revisionism

    Contrasting Views of Marriage (Part 4): The Destructive Logic of Marriage Revisionism

    I have argued for the historic view of marriage as a conjugal union and made what I think are decisive objections to your view of marriage as committed sexual-romantic companionship or domestic partnership. You replied by restating your view and asserting that my objections don't apply. But restating a view is no substitute for an argument in its support.

  • Contrasting Views of Marriage (Part 2): The Need for a Defining Principle

    Contrasting Views of Marriage (Part 2): The Need for a Defining Principle

    Thanks for agreeing to this exchange about the nature and meaning of marriage. My experience with exercises like this one, conducted in a spirit of friendship and goodwill, is that they lead to deeper understanding, even if the interlocutors do not achieve agreement.

  • Four Problems and a Response to Obama's LGBT Executive Order

    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.

  • Six Things You Can Do to Support Marriage and Freedom

    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.

  • Ashamed of the Gospel?

    Ashamed of the Gospel?

    The days of socially acceptable Christianity are over. The days of comfortable Catholicism are past. It is no longer easy to be a faithful Christian, a good Catholic, an authentic witness to the truths of the Gospel. A price is demanded and must be paid. There are costs of discipleship — heavy costs, costs that are burdensome and painful to bear.