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Events
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VMAC conducted the second in its series of Marriage Matters Forums on Sunday, March 30th, 7pm at Dartmouth College, at 105 Dartmouth Hall, on the College Green. The forum was free and open to the public.
The speaker was David Blankenhorn (see bio); author of eight books on family, marriage and fatherhood. David is a self-described liberal but despite his decidedly pro-gay ideals, he opposes same-sex marriage. VMAC feels that voices like Mr. Blankenhorn’s are crucial in this debate, especially since the general perception is that only social conservatives are opposed to the adoption of same-sex marriage. Mr. Blankenhorn’s career as a leader in the marriage, family, and fatherhood movements stands in stark contradiction to this false perception.
After a presentation, Mr. Blankenhorn accepted questions from the audience.
We invite the reader to view the videos from Mr. Blankenhorn’s presentation.
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 David Blankenhorn is founder and president of the Institute for American Values, a private, nonpartisan organization devoted to contributing intellectually to the renewal of marriage and family life.
Blankenhorn has authored eight books, and co-edited five books on various aspects of the modern family, including Fatherless America (1995), Promises to Keep (1996), and The Future of Marriage (2007). A frequent lecturer, Blankenhorn's ideas have been cited in Time, Newsweek, The Economist, and elsewhere. His articles have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Public Interest, First Things, and Christianity Today.
Blankenhorn has worked as a community organizer in Virginia and Massachusetts, and served two years as a VISTA Volunteer. In 1977, David graduated magna cum laude in social studies from Harvard, where he was the recipient of a John Knox Fellowship. In 1978, he was awarded an M.A. With Distinction in comparative social history from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.
A self-described liberal, David lives in New York City with his wife, Raina, their son and two daughters.
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Previous Events
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On Saturday, Jan. 19th, VMAC hosted a forum at the University of Vermont, entitled, “Does Traditional Marriage Matter?” The well attended forum consisted of two internationally renowned speakers and scholars in their fields; Professor Monte Stewart of the Marriage Law Foundation, and Dr. Pat Fagan of Family Research Council (see bios below). Questions were posed by panelists Anthony Duprey and Judy Barone, as well as a number of audience members. Unfortunately, despite contacting eighteen leaders of the gay-marriage movement, none would step forward to question or debate these two gentlemen.
Professors Stewart and Fagan presented a host of information not commonly heard within the debate surrounding same-sex (i.e. “genderless”) marriage. We encourage the reader to avail themselves of their PowerPoint presentations and the videos of the forum.
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