David Blankenhorn
David Blankenhorn
David Blankenhornis the founder and president of the Institute for American Values, co-director of The Marriage Opportunity Council, and the author of Fatherless America and The Future of Marriage. A noted figure in the campaign against same-sex marriage in the United States, his position changed and he voiced support of legalizing same-sex marriage in June 2012...
heroes traits
We have a need for heroes as a species, you know. That is one of the distinguishing traits of humans. We have a need to have an idealized sense of who we are at our best.
danger gone heroes needing physical protected strong time
We've gone from debunking heroes to needing heroes. We're in a time of such danger and such physical vulnerability, and we need to be protected by the strong and the brave.
danger gone heroes needing physical protected strong time
We've gone from debunking heroes to needing heroes, ... We're in a time of such danger and such physical vulnerability, and we need to be protected by the strong and the brave.
age-and-aging brought heroes september until
Up until September 11, we did live in an antiheroic age. Heroes were there to be debunked, criticized, made human, brought down to earth.
age-and-aging brought heroes september until
Up until September 11, we did live in an antiheroic age, ... Heroes were there to be debunked, criticized, made human, brought down to earth.
danger heroes people protect save
They are heroes because they protect us, you know? They go in where people are in danger, and they save their lives.
grateful guys intense
We're just grateful to them in some real and intense way. Here in New York, people, they go up to these guys at the firehouses and in the streets, and they just want to say how grateful they are.
men challenges fatherhood
The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.
mother children father
Commenting on paternity establishment programs: What these millions of children want and need is not a name on a form or a promise that the sheriff will arrest these guys if they don't pay child support. What they want and need is in-the-home, love-the-mother fathers,. . .
religious couple gay
Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this question is no. Correcting that inequity would begin the process of recognizing that both sides - gay couples and religious objectors - have rights and that reasonable accommodation is possible only when both sides have something to gain.
spiritual father giving
A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives spiritual and moral guidance.
sex would-be
We would be more American on the day we permitted same-sex marriage than we were on the day before.
fashion ideas fatherhood
To recover the fatherhood idea, we must fashion a new cultural story of fatherhood. The moral of today's story is that fatherhoodis superfluous. The moral of the new story must be that fatherhood is essential.
mother children men
When a man does not live with his children and does not get along with the mother of his children, his fatherhood becomes essentially untenable, regardless of how he feels, how hard he tries, or whether he is a good guy. Almost by definition, he has become de-fathered.