The Undermining of the Family: A Long-term Project, Can Do Australia’s Voice

Published Date: August 14, 2012 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Politics and Current Affairs, Religion


Professor Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, visited Sydney recently as keynote speaker at the John Paul II Leaders Forum. Praised by US Supreme Court Justice and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan as “one of the nation’s most respected legal theorists”, he is the celebrated author of fourteen books and numerous articles. Pointing out that in Australia the institution of the family had been undermined for decades by a series of legislative and government decisions, I suggested that the proposal for same sex marriage should not be seen in isolation. I asked if there had been a similar undermining of the institution of marriage — over many years — in the United States. This was his answer.

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A “titan” of social conservatism on the courts and his battles ahead

Published Date: March 7, 2020 | Source: The Weeds (Vox) | Media Type: Podcast

Conservative thinker Robert George joins Jane to talk about abortion, marriage, the Supreme Court, and wielding the power of the federal government.

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Finding Common Ground on Abortion Policy at Catholic University

Published Date: May 28, 2009 | Media Type: Video | Topics: Constitutional Issues, Politics and Current Affairs, Religion

https://www.c-span.org/video/?286645-1/finding-common-ground-abortion-policy  

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