Posted on 03/30/2004 7:43:57 AM PST by chance33_98
Brookings Institution to Hold Briefing on Gay Marriage
3/30/2004 10:20:00 AM
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To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Brookings Institution, 202-797-6105
News Advisory:
WHAT: Brookings Briefing: "Can Gay Marriage Strengthen the American Family?"
WHEN: Thursday, April 1, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
WHO:
Presentation: JONATHAN RAUCH, writer in residence, The Brookings Institution; Columnist, National Journal
Discussants: DAVID BLANKENHORN, founder and president, Institute for American Values
SARAH BROWN, director, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
WILLIAM GALSTON, Saul I. Stern professor, School of Public Affairs, and director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland
ISABEL V. SAWHILL (Moderator), vice President and director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
DETAILS:
Many critics of gay marriage believe that if government sanctions marriage between two people of the same sex, it would threaten the traditional institution of marriage between a man and a woman. But some advocates of the idea believe gay marriage would strengthen, rather than weaken, the institution.
A new book by Brookings writer-in-residence and National Journal columnist Jonathan Rauch, titled Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (Henry Holt and Co., 2004), argues that gay marriage presents an opportunity for policymakers to shore up marriage's embattled status as the living arrangement of choice for couples in serious relationships. Rauch says the gay marriage ban damages marriage by guaranteeing the proliferation of substitutes and alternatives.
Brookings will convene an expert panel of policy analysts with a range of opinions to assess the issue of gay marriage and take questions from the audience.
RSVP: Please contact the Brookings Office of Communications by calling 202-797-6105, e-mailing to communications@brookings.edu, or visiting us online at http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040401.htm .
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