Ryan T. Anderson and Robert P. George

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  • Freedom to Marry & Dissent, Rightly Understood

    Freedom to Marry & Dissent, Rightly Understood

    Historically and across cultures, marriage has been the institution that unites a man and woman as husband and wife to be father and mother to children born of their union, providing their offspring with the distinctive contributions of paternal and maternal care and influence. That understanding of marriage shaped its structuring norms, including the norm of sexual complementarity that has been found always and everywhere.

  • The Social Costs of Abandoning the Meaning of Marriage

    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.

  • Hotels and the Pornography Plague: An Example of Moral Responsibility from Scandinavia

    Hotels and the Pornography Plague: An Example of Moral Responsibility from Scandinavia

    While many American hotel executives refuse to rid their businesses of pornography, Petter Stordalen, owner of one of Scandinavia's largest hotel chains, is leading the way forward.

  • The Obama Administration, Marriage, and the States

    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.

  • President Obama Should Make the Call to Bush Before Making the Call on Syria

    President Obama Should Make the Call to Bush Before Making the Call on Syria

    Before finally making the call about what to do in Syria, I pray that President Obama will call President George W. Bush and request his advice on the bomb or missile attacks he is contemplating.

  • In NM, Same-Sex Marriage Trumps Religious Liberty

    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.

  • The Supreme Court and the Future of Marriage

    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.

  • SCOTUS Issues Mixed Decisions on Marriage

    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.

  • 'Inevitability of Same-Sex Marriage' Is a Choice We Can Reject

    'Inevitability of Same-Sex Marriage' Is a Choice We Can Reject

    A new Pew opinion poll shows that a majority of Americans believe the redefinition of marriage is "inevitable." We've heard "inevitable" language before, particularly from statists of all stripes. History is filled with supposedly "inevitable" causes that turned out not to be so. So, too, on marriage.

  • The Same-Sex Marriage Lie

    The Same-Sex Marriage Lie

    Same-sex marriage never will be widely accepted in America for a simple reason: It's based on a lie. But don't take my word on this; leading LGBT scholars and activists say as much.

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