Ruth Speaks Out

I expect that Chuck Cooper will defend the voters of California against the truly scurrilous attack made by Olsen and Boies and repeated by Judge

Our sister organization, the National organization for Marriage has an outstanding set of resources for following Prop 8. There is a case timeline here. And

Chuck Cooper, lead attorney for the defense of Proposition 8, will surely make a big deal out of the sloppy reasoning of Judge Walker’s opinion.

The Prop 8 legal defense team has taken a beating in public debate. But the MSM, in the person of Washington Post reporter Lisa Leff

The Prop 8 trial will be full of questions. Here at NOM and the Ruth Institute, we have a few questions of our own. We

Skinner v. Oklahoma is one of the standard cases cited in defense of the “fundamental right to marry.” In this 1942 case, the Court stated,

In this day of US Courts following European Courts, here comes an interesting story from the European Court of Human Rights: “The European Court of

One topic we are hearing from college women in our programs: they are under enormous pressure to look a certain way, namely slim and perfect.

I have long noticed that the harms associated with abortion are not taken seriously. That is because “the right to choose” isn’t really the issue.

Ruth Institute board member Helen Alvare has a brilliant article on recasting abortion law in terms of family law, instead of constitutional law. family law