Can the foundations of marriage and family be restored and strengthened in America today? Prof Craig Stern and I were very proud to join Alliance Defending Freedom’s Jeff Shafer, a 1995 Regent Law alumni, who hosted "The Implications of Obergefell and Its Aftermath for Law and the Human Person" at St John Paul II Pontifical Institute in Washington, D.C. this past weekend.
Gathering a small group of faith-based scholars, law professors, lawyers, and theologians to discuss next steps to restoring our social foundations, we participated in a significant exploration and discussion of the purpose of marriage and family today in America.
In many of the discussions it was clear that the structured and thoughtful dialogue was helpful to reconceiving how and why marriage is welcomed, or not, into American culture, why it is so critical to civilization, why it is key for the church in America, and how marriage itself is absolutely and ultimately reflective of God.
As those discussions were generated and developing, Psalm 11:3 was ever present in my mind - “When the foundations are undermined, what can a righteous person do?" - as there a tiny group was considering the real and meaningful possibilities for positively affecting culture, rather than merely pursuing an easier course of a gloomy rhetorical lament.
Family restoration is possible, as one family at a time can quickly add up to a restored civilization. To learn more about what you and your family can do to make a plan to move forward for a stronger American civilization consider these resources:
Craig Stern, “The Coherence of Natural Inalienable Rights,” Lynne Marie Kohm and Sandra Alcaide, Obergefell: A Game-Changer for Women, and Jeffrey A. Brauch, What is Flawed Perfection? , an overview of his latest book Flawed Perfection: What It Means to Be Human and Why It Matters for Culture, Politics, and Law.
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