Jennifer Roback Morse

Jennifer Roback Morse PhD is the founder and President of the Ruth Institute. Dr Morse brings a unique voice to discussions of love, marriage, sexuality and the family. A committed career woman before having children, she earned a doctorate in economics, and spent 15 years teaching at Yale University and George Mason University. In 1991, she and her husband adopted a two-year-old Romanian boy, and gave birth to a baby girl. She left her full-time university teaching post in 1996 to move with her family to California. She was a Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Until August 2006, Dr Morse and her husband were foster parents for San Diego County. In the summer of 2008, Dr Morse founded the Ruth Institute, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to bringing hope and encouragement for life-long married love.

What to Expect When No One’s Expecting

19 Mar 2013 |

tags: book reviews, demography

At last, a book on demography that talks about its relation to sexual culture.

“We will never surrender”

22 Jan 2013 |

tags: definition of marriage, Rhode Island, same-sex marriage

A marriage advocate offers a state legislature about to redefine marriage some advice and predictions.

Chick-Fil-A and the one day that changed the world

14 Aug 2012 |

tags: 2012 elections, Chick-fil-A, same-sex marriage

Fast food activism at its best: the groundswell of support for traditional marriage will embolden people to stand up to bullying by the Thought Police.

Parenthood is not just a private project

23 Apr 2012 |

tags: marriage, parenthood, rights of the child

The state’s role in marriage is essential to protect the rights of children against the mere wilfulness of adults.

Making noise, not arguments

13 Apr 2012 |

tags: feminism, same-sex marriage, US politics

A social conservative decodes the racket that passes for an answer to her questions about liberal causes.

How hedonism became America’s official religion

9 Feb 2012 |

tags: democracy, Obama politics, religion

An edict from the Obama administration has ended the American experiment in religious liberty.

Unnatural Selection

6 Feb 2012 |

tags: books, sex selective abortion

A book by a pro-choice feminist faces up to an unintended consequence of the West's fertility war.

No standing: what marriage radicals really think of “the people”

16 Sep 2011 |

tags: law, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage

Is it same-sex marriage rights they want, or a revolution in the American legal system?

The essential public purpose of marriage

2 Jun 2011 |

tags: children's rights, parenting, same-sex marriage

To understand this purpose we must ask: What is owed to the child?

Calling all Millennials: “Be part of the marriage solution”

22 Jan 2011 |

tags: marriage, Millennials, Reel Love Challenge

An open letter to emerging adults, worldwide, from Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse and the Ruth Institute.

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