Lately, one of the most nationally debated social/moral issues has been marriage – what is the nature of it and how far society can redefine it. There are several reasons for this, including New York’s recent legal recognition of gay marriage and the GOP presidential circus, which at fourteen months before the election is already [...]
Read more »On Thursday, September 30, 2010, the Wabash Conservative Union, in conjunction with the Wabash Newman Center and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, will host Robert P. George, professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University. He will be presenting a talk entitled “Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity” at 8:00 p.m. in Baxter 101.
Professor George is at the [...]
The Wabash Conservative Union events program for 2009 has been nothing if not diverse. In March, we hosted Ms. Tammy Bruce—a feminist lesbian and former president of the Los Angeles chapter of NOW, who contended that conservative ideas empower minorities and argued for the legalization and recognition of same-sex marriage. Then, this past [...]
Read more »Wabash Conservative Union: Your book is, to use your own words, “unabashedly theological” in places, and you say that “culture, law, and politics can never be completely atheological”. Recognizing the truth of that statement, and also recognizing the importance of defending marriage theologically as well as politically, how would you respond to those who nevertheless [...]
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On November 12, in conjunction with the Newman Center, the Wabash Conservative Union will host Dr. Douglas Farrow, author of the book Nation of Bastards: Essays on the End of Marriage.
Dr. Farrow, a leader in the defense of traditional marriage in Canada, is a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He is the [...]
Fifty years ago, abrupt marriages of young couples as the result of premarital pregnancies were common, although often hidden, in the United States. If a young man impregnated his girlfriend, the natural and obvious instinct was to quickly marry her and begin his journey towards maturity and fatherhood — regardless of whether the circumstances [...]
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