Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where he researched and wrote about marriage, bioethics, religious liberty and political philosophy. Anderson is the author of several books and his research has been cited by two U.S. Supreme Court justices in two separate cases. Read his Heritage research.
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Marriage is the fundamental building block of all human civilization. All Americans, especially conservatives, should respect this crucial institution of civil society. This is why… Read More
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A group of social science professors present the scholarly research on a child’s need for a married mother and a father in a brief submitted… Read More
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Senator Rob Portman (R–OH) announced this morning that he now supports the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples. He was clear, however, that the… Read More
Forty-one states continue to affirm that marriage exists to bring a man and a woman together as husband and wife to be father and mother… Read More
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Scholars have filed more than 50 amicus briefs with the Supreme Court urging it to uphold California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage… Read More
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Some former officials in the Republican Party are urging the Supreme Court to redefine marriage for the nation. But support for marriage as the union… Read More
Yesterday we celebrated Ronald Reagan’s 102nd birthday. A little-known fact about President Reagan is that he is the only sitting president to have ever published… Read More
President Obama seems to have reiterated his support for redefining marriage in his inauguration speech earlier this week. Riffing on the Declaration of Independence, Obama… Read More
Lawmakers in Illinois are considering a bill to redefine marriage. This comes a little over a year after the state created civil unions for those… Read More
“The President’s Marriage Agenda for the Forgotten Sixty Percent,” despite the impression its title might give, was released earlier this week not by the Obama… Read More
