Comments for Ruth Institute Blog http://www.ruthblog.org An intellectual climate favorable to marriage Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Comment on The end of the world as we know it by The American Experiment in religious liberty is officially over | National Petition to Stop HHS Mandate http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-32908 The American Experiment in religious liberty is officially over | National Petition to Stop HHS Mandate Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:19 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10139#comment-32908 [...] The Ruth Institute [...] [...] The Ruth Institute [...]

]]> Comment on Prepared remarks for the Washington state legislature hearings on the definition of marriage by Prepared remarks for the Washington state legislature hearings on the definition of marriage http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/30/prepared-remarks-for-the-washington-state-legislature-hearings-on-the-definition-of-marriage/#comment-32687 Prepared remarks for the Washington state legislature hearings on the definition of marriage Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:19:15 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10081#comment-32687 [...] No longer will the law hold that children need a mother and a father. Under the inspiration and guidance of people like you in other states, courts are saying silly things like, “the traditional notion that children need a mother and a father to be raised into healthy, well-adjusted adults is based more on stereotype than anything else.”[1] [...] [...] No longer will the law hold that children need a mother and a father. Under the inspiration and guidance of people like you in other states, courts are saying silly things like, “the traditional notion that children need a mother and a father to be raised into healthy, well-adjusted adults is based more on stereotype than anything else.”[1] [...]

]]> Comment on Book Review: Precious Babies – a donor conceived person’s view by Betsy http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/20/book-review-precious-babies-a-donor-conceived-persons-view/#comment-32499 Betsy Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:53:22 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10030#comment-32499 By Lockerz This was mentioned at FS blog - http://familyscholars.org/2012/01/16/the-other-side-of-the-debate/ The author of the book mentioned in this article (Precious Babies) commented on this post at Family Scholars Blog: "Kate Brian says: 01.17.2012 at 1:14 PM As the author of Precious Babies, I would suggest that people should read the book itself before agreeing or disagreeing with comments about it. The book is called Precious Babies because it is a book about babies. It’s written for people who are pregnant or who have young children after experiencing infertility. It is not a book about donor conception. The vast majority of couples who conceive after fertility problems do not use donor gametes. I can appreciate that a donor conceived adult could find it patronising and disempowering to be referred to as a baby, but I have not written a book about donor conceived adults. There is a section in the book on donor conception, but I was not “keen to present a positive picture of life after donor conception”. Unlike the reviewer, I came to this chapter with a completely open mind and reflected the views of the parents and experts that I interviewed to rather than trying to get across any particular agenda. This section of the book was not intended to be an assessment of the rights or wrongs of donor conception, but rather to raise some of the specific problems that can arise during pregnancy and the early years, which is what the book is about. It is far from ‘irrepressibly upbeat’. I suggest that you read the book and make up your own minds. Criticism is always interesting, but criticising a book for not focusing on donor conceivd adults when it isn’t about adults or donor conception seems to me to be way off the mark…" By Lockerz
This was mentioned at FS blog -
http://familyscholars.org/2012/01/16/the-other-side-of-the-debate/

The author of the book mentioned in this article (Precious Babies) commented on this post at Family Scholars Blog:

“Kate Brian says:
01.17.2012 at 1:14 PM
As the author of Precious Babies, I would suggest that people should read the book itself before agreeing or disagreeing with comments about it.
The book is called Precious Babies because it is a book about babies. It’s written for people who are pregnant or who have young children after experiencing infertility. It is not a book about donor conception. The vast majority of couples who conceive after fertility problems do not use donor gametes. I can appreciate that a donor conceived adult could find it patronising and disempowering to be referred to as a baby, but I have not written a book about donor conceived adults.
There is a section in the book on donor conception, but I was not “keen to present a positive picture of life after donor conception”. Unlike the reviewer, I came to this chapter with a completely open mind and reflected the views of the parents and experts that I interviewed to rather than trying to get across any particular agenda. This section of the book was not intended to be an assessment of the rights or wrongs of donor conception, but rather to raise some of the specific problems that can arise during pregnancy and the early years, which is what the book is about. It is far from ‘irrepressibly upbeat’.
I suggest that you read the book and make up your own minds. Criticism is always interesting, but criticising a book for not focusing on donor conceivd adults when it isn’t about adults or donor conception seems to me to be way off the mark…”

]]> Comment on Maryland catering to cross-dressers by WeMustChange » Blog Archive » Maryland Anti-LGBT Groups Object To Transgender Protections As ‘Dangerous’ http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/17/maryland-catering-to-cross-dressers/#comment-32439 WeMustChange » Blog Archive » Maryland Anti-LGBT Groups Object To Transgender Protections As ‘Dangerous’ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:08:13 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10009#comment-32439 [...] American Family Association, Focus on the Family, and the National Organization for Marriage’s Ruth Institute are all highlighting the rhetoric of Dr. Ruth Jacobs of Maryland Citizens for a Responsible [...] [...] American Family Association, Focus on the Family, and the National Organization for Marriage’s Ruth Institute are all highlighting the rhetoric of Dr. Ruth Jacobs of Maryland Citizens for a Responsible [...]

]]> Comment on Left-wing rhetorical strategies: mischaracterize your opponents’ statements by Ruth Institute Blog » Do Kids Need a Mom and a Dad? The University of Chicago biz school study http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/10/left-wing-rhetorical-strategies-mischaracterize-your-opponents%e2%80%99-statements/#comment-32305 Ruth Institute Blog » Do Kids Need a Mom and a Dad? The University of Chicago biz school study Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:41:24 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9968#comment-32305 [...] a previous post, I discussed a Life-Style Leftist blogman’s outraged response to a perfectly reasonable [...] [...] a previous post, I discussed a Life-Style Leftist blogman’s outraged response to a perfectly reasonable [...]

]]> Comment on Left-wing rhetorical strategies: mischaracterize your opponents’ statements by Ruth Institute Blog » Is it worth it? The economics of same-sex marriage http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/10/left-wing-rhetorical-strategies-mischaracterize-your-opponents%e2%80%99-statements/#comment-32288 Ruth Institute Blog » Is it worth it? The economics of same-sex marriage Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:18:30 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9968#comment-32288 [...] Left Wing Strategies: Mischaracterize Your Opponents Statements [...] [...] Left Wing Strategies: Mischaracterize Your Opponents Statements [...]

]]> Comment on Santorum, the Duggars, and Blogmanship – or, Why You Should Always Ignore Internet Comments by Ruth Institute Blog » Equality Matters is Watching Me http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/09/santorum-the-duggars-and-blogmanship-%e2%80%93-or-why-you-should-always-ignore-internet-comments/#comment-32263 Ruth Institute Blog » Equality Matters is Watching Me Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:52:35 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9941#comment-32263 [...] Santorum, the Duggars, and Blogmanship, or, Why You Should Always Ignore Internet Comments Spread the word: [...] [...] Santorum, the Duggars, and Blogmanship, or, Why You Should Always Ignore Internet Comments Spread the word: [...]

]]> Comment on Equality Matters is Watching Me by Political correctness: Keeping people from asking certain questions « Family Scholars http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/07/equality-matters-is-watching-me/#comment-32254 Political correctness: Keeping people from asking certain questions « Family Scholars Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:41:10 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9924#comment-32254 [...] Equality Matters is Watching Me January 7th, 2012 By Jennifer Roback Morse In this little clip, which Equality Matters so helpfully put together, I am talking about ”Hate Speech” laws that try to chill certain types of expression. (although I did use the term “hate crimes,” as if hate crimes and hate speech laws are interchangeable. they are not the same. I stand corrected on that.) I think most Americans agree with me, on “hate speech,” that prohibiting or penalizing certain kinds of non-inflammatory, non-defamatory speech is in fact Un-American. [...] [...] Equality Matters is Watching Me January 7th, 2012 By Jennifer Roback Morse In this little clip, which Equality Matters so helpfully put together, I am talking about ”Hate Speech” laws that try to chill certain types of expression. (although I did use the term “hate crimes,” as if hate crimes and hate speech laws are interchangeable. they are not the same. I stand corrected on that.) I think most Americans agree with me, on “hate speech,” that prohibiting or penalizing certain kinds of non-inflammatory, non-defamatory speech is in fact Un-American. [...]

]]> Comment on Equality Matters is Watching Me by ‘Gay activists hate discourse ,’ says Jennifer Morse’s closed off monologue | Call Me A Homo http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/07/equality-matters-is-watching-me/#comment-32240 ‘Gay activists hate discourse ,’ says Jennifer Morse’s closed off monologue | Call Me A Homo Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:46:09 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9924#comment-32240 [...] In a new post, NOM’s Jennifer Roback Morse chastises those freedom-stifling gays in the blogosphere who supposedly want to shut off reasoned debate: [SOURCE] [...] [...] In a new post, NOM’s Jennifer Roback Morse chastises those freedom-stifling gays in the blogosphere who supposedly want to shut off reasoned debate: [SOURCE] [...]

]]> Comment on Two Moms: the triumph of the Will over Nature by Days and Slights: This Week in NOM (Jan. 1 – Jan. 7) | Call Me A Homo http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/06/two-moms-the-triumph-of-the-will-over-nature/#comment-32239 Days and Slights: This Week in NOM (Jan. 1 – Jan. 7) | Call Me A Homo Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:38:03 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9914#comment-32239 [...] Just minutes before I wrote this, I saw where Jennifer Roback Morse, who is on the National Organization for Marriage’s payroll as head of their affiliate group the Ruth Institute, made it perfectly clear how far beyond same-sex marriage she’d like to take her advocacy. After spending a few paragraphs balking at a pair of lesbian parents and the mere possibility of that kind of family, Morse reaches this, much more sweeping conclusion: “The correct result is to shut down the IVF clinics. They are generating injustices right and left. At the very least, ban gamete donation and sales.” [SOURCE] [...] [...] Just minutes before I wrote this, I saw where Jennifer Roback Morse, who is on the National Organization for Marriage’s payroll as head of their affiliate group the Ruth Institute, made it perfectly clear how far beyond same-sex marriage she’d like to take her advocacy. After spending a few paragraphs balking at a pair of lesbian parents and the mere possibility of that kind of family, Morse reaches this, much more sweeping conclusion: “The correct result is to shut down the IVF clinics. They are generating injustices right and left. At the very least, ban gamete donation and sales.” [SOURCE] [...]

]]> Comment on As I was saying… by Presumption of paternity concerns in modern culture « Family Scholars http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/06/as-i-was-saying/#comment-32224 Presumption of paternity concerns in modern culture « Family Scholars Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:27:57 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9918#comment-32224 [...] As I was saying…January 6th, 2012 Jennifer Roback Morse The Family Research Council has caught up with the Ruth Institute. I shouldn’t gloat, but the big DC-Beltway Think Tank has just discovered the Presumption of Paternity. Out here in San Diego, as far from the Beltway as you can get and still be in the Continental US, we have been saying this stuff, literally, for years: Same-sex “marriage” is not just an attack on a traditional social institution–it’s an attack on the order of nature itself. That was made clear again this week when an Iowa court ruled that a child whose mother was a lesbian “married” to a woman and whose father was an anonymous sperm donor should have both female “spouses” listed on the child’s birth certificate. The ruling was based on a legal principle called “the presumption of paternity,” which historically has stated that when a child is born to a married woman, her husband is presumed to be the father of that child. In other words, the law “presumed” what was almost always true. But in the wake of the Iowa Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex “marriage” in 2009, Judge Eliza Ovrom has twisted the “presumption of paternity” into a “presumption of parentage.” So what was once a presumption of something that was nearly always biologically true has now become a “presumption” of something that is biologically impossible (since a child cannot have two genetic mothers). Ironically, homosexual activists are reporting that the court ordered that an “accurate” birth certificate be issued–when in fact they ordered issuance of a certificate that is inaccurate since it fails to list both the mother and father. [...] [...] As I was saying…January 6th, 2012 Jennifer Roback Morse The Family Research Council has caught up with the Ruth Institute. I shouldn’t gloat, but the big DC-Beltway Think Tank has just discovered the Presumption of Paternity. Out here in San Diego, as far from the Beltway as you can get and still be in the Continental US, we have been saying this stuff, literally, for years: Same-sex “marriage” is not just an attack on a traditional social institution–it’s an attack on the order of nature itself. That was made clear again this week when an Iowa court ruled that a child whose mother was a lesbian “married” to a woman and whose father was an anonymous sperm donor should have both female “spouses” listed on the child’s birth certificate. The ruling was based on a legal principle called “the presumption of paternity,” which historically has stated that when a child is born to a married woman, her husband is presumed to be the father of that child. In other words, the law “presumed” what was almost always true. But in the wake of the Iowa Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex “marriage” in 2009, Judge Eliza Ovrom has twisted the “presumption of paternity” into a “presumption of parentage.” So what was once a presumption of something that was nearly always biologically true has now become a “presumption” of something that is biologically impossible (since a child cannot have two genetic mothers). Ironically, homosexual activists are reporting that the court ordered that an “accurate” birth certificate be issued–when in fact they ordered issuance of a certificate that is inaccurate since it fails to list both the mother and father. [...]

]]> Comment on “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? by Ruth Institute Blog » You Whiny Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic! http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/07/marriage-equality-creates-equality-for-whom/#comment-31729 Ruth Institute Blog » You Whiny Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic! Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:24:11 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9718#comment-31729 [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...] [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...]

]]> Comment on “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? by Ruth Institute Blog » “Marriage Equality” – What’s Love Got to do With It? http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/07/marriage-equality-creates-equality-for-whom/#comment-31707 Ruth Institute Blog » “Marriage Equality” – What’s Love Got to do With It? Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:11:27 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9718#comment-31707 [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? [...] [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? [...]

]]> Comment on “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? by Ruth Institute Blog » Bed and Breakfast fights for right not to host civil unions http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/07/marriage-equality-creates-equality-for-whom/#comment-31705 Ruth Institute Blog » Bed and Breakfast fights for right not to host civil unions Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:47:36 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9718#comment-31705 [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...] [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...]

]]> Comment on “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? by Ruth Institute Blog » It Gets Better – the youth campaign that makes everything worse http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/07/marriage-equality-creates-equality-for-whom/#comment-31702 Ruth Institute Blog » It Gets Better – the youth campaign that makes everything worse Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:59:14 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9718#comment-31702 [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...] [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...]

]]> Comment on “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? by Ruth Institute Blog » Same-Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/07/marriage-equality-creates-equality-for-whom/#comment-31699 Ruth Institute Blog » Same-Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:32:51 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9718#comment-31699 [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...] [...] “Marriage Equality” Creates Equality for Whom? Spread the word: [...]

]]> Comment on Hospital kills ‘wrong’ twin in selective abortion – both babies now dead by Ruth Institute Blog » The Immaculate Conception and the culture of the Prop 8 trial http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/07/hospital-kills-%e2%80%98wrong%e2%80%99-twin-in-selective-abortion-%e2%80%93-both-babies-now-dead/#comment-31607 Ruth Institute Blog » The Immaculate Conception and the culture of the Prop 8 trial Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:05:43 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9714#comment-31607 [...] Hospital kills ‘wrong’ twin in selective abortion – both babies now dead [...] [...] Hospital kills ‘wrong’ twin in selective abortion – both babies now dead [...]

]]> Comment on Why Everybody, Including Gays, Should Support Traditional Marriage by Ruth Institute Blog » The Immaculate Conception and the culture of the Prop 8 trial http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/03/why-everybody-including-gays-should-support-traditional-marriage/#comment-31603 Ruth Institute Blog » The Immaculate Conception and the culture of the Prop 8 trial Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:38:04 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9647#comment-31603 [...] Why Everybody, Including Gays, Should Support Traditional Marriage [...] [...] Why Everybody, Including Gays, Should Support Traditional Marriage [...]

]]> Comment on About by Cami Murphy http://www.ruthblog.org/about/#comment-31036 Cami Murphy Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:58:33 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?page_id=2#comment-31036 I have a plan for a book about God the Father's love for special-needs children and their parents. I am seeking testimonies from parents who have been touched in a special way by God's love for their children. Thank you, Cami Murphy I have a plan for a book about God the Father’s love for special-needs children and their parents. I am seeking testimonies from parents who have been touched in a special way by God’s love for their children.

Thank you,
Cami Murphy

]]> Comment on No sex on campus? by Spunky http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/03/no-sex-on-campus/#comment-30641 Spunky Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:55:04 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9259#comment-30641 <a href="#comment-30575" rel="nofollow">@Ken </a> If you read my most recent back-and-forth with Ari regarding the definition of parenthood, you'll see he has no interest in what the dictionary says. @Ken

If you read my most recent back-and-forth with Ari regarding the definition of parenthood, you’ll see he has no interest in what the dictionary says.

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