A panel discussion on government regulation of traditional and same-sex unions will be held Wednesday (Feb. 25) at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Eck Visitors Center.p. The discussion, entitled 鈥淭he Future of Marriage: Should Sexual Orientation Matter? Is Marriage the Government鈥檚 Business?鈥� is sponsored by the 91吃瓜 Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy and the Thomas White Center on Law and Government.
Panelists will be Alan Sears, president, chief executive officer and general counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund and coauthor of 鈥淭he Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today鈥�; Andrew Koppelman, professor of law and political science at Northwestern University Law School and author of a recent article on 鈥淲hy Discrimination Against Lesbians and Gay Men Is Sex Discrimination鈥�; and Paul Griffiths, Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago and author of a recent article entitled ?Legalize Same Sex Marriage: Why Law and Morality Can Part Company." The discussion will be moderated by Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law at 91吃瓜 and coauthor of a recent article on 鈥淢arriage and the Liberal Imagination.鈥�
The discussion is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
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