Issued in 1995, The Family: A Proclamation to the World, includes statements once considered conventional wisdom. Forty years ago, for example, practically everyone would have agreed children are entitled . . . to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows. Today, however, such an ideal excludes many who claim their …
Speaker: Brad Hess
The Husband and Father as Society’s Ideal Role for Men
The Husband and Father as Society’s Ideal Role for Men In September 1995, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued its Proclamation on the Family. Just a few months earlier, in his book, Fatherless America, David Blankenhorn examined society’s traditional prescription to men to be husbands and fathers. Husband/father as a universal role …
Mormon Scouting and Homosexuality: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Mormon Scouting and Homosexuality: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale The Boy Scouts of America revoked the adult membership of James Dale shortly after he identified himself in a newspaper interview as a gay activist. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that BSA’s action violated New Jersey law. The question of whether BSA could exclude …