Maggie Gallagher
Maggie Gallagher
Margaret Gallagher, better known by her working name Maggie Gallagher, is an American writer and socially conservative commentator. She wrote a syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate from 1995 to 2013 and has written books. She serves as president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, a nonprofit organization which lobbies on issues of marriage law. She is an executive committee member, former president and former chairman of the board of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 September 1960
CityLake Oswego, OR
CountryUnited States of America
But to any thinking American who understands the basis of free government, the cultural developments in Europe are alarming to say the least.
The first question for me is: Are same-sex unions ‘marriages’? I’m against discrimination, I’m against hatred, I’m in favor of marriage equality, but I don’t think same-sex marriage is marriage. Therefore I think it is wrong for the government to insist, through the use of law, that we all believe that same-sex unions are marriages.
Overall, in most places that have gay marriage, it looks like the demand for it is pretty small.
It brings people into the building. That's the whole idea ... that people will know that something interesting is happening here.
People in the United States, on average, marry in their mid to late 20s, and half of all divorces take place in the first seven years of marriage.
Let me make this clear: I didn't want a fight. What I wanted from President Bush was a nominee about whom, win or lose, we could all be proud. Instead, turning to His Girl Harriet, President Bush for once thought small. And that means, on this one President Bush is already a loser.
With a variety of differentiated activities, this will help students to learn about themselves as well as their beliefs and values,
Worse, legal approval of suicide amounts to a declaration to the old, sick and vulnerable that others consider their lives worthless.
But the real truth is that it never occurred to me,
But for women, there are more subtle advantages like the financial benefits of marriage, better access to health care and generally less stress and fewer economic worries.
What Oregon's suicide laws actually do is convey social approval to individuals contemplating self-destruction, and to their friends and relatives.
lifelong experience in marriage research, public education and advocacy.
Did I violate journalistic ethics by not disclosing it? I don't know. You tell me.
Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults.