Maggie Gallagher is a nationally syndicated columnist and a leading voice in the new marriage movement. She is the author of three books including The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better-Off Financially with Linda J. Waite. Her previous books were the The Abolition of Marriage: How We Destroy Lasting Love and Enemies of Eros: How the Sexual Revolution is Destroying Family, Marriage and Sex. She makes frequent media appearances and lectures on social issues. She lives in Westchester, NY with her husband and two sons. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:52:45 GMT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:52:45 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I've been thinking a lot lately about thankfulness. Many people do not know this about me, but I used to be a libertarian. Like many teenagers, I was converted to a form of libertarianism by Ayn Rand. I was saved... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/11/25/gratitude_08 9229dd30-17c5-4d05-805d-5b9beb4b5669 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:52:45 GMT Let me tell you a fairy tale. Once upon a time, a gorgeous blond California girl -- let's call her "Carrie" -- wanted to be a beauty queen. Asked about gay marriage, "Carrie" blurted out her truth: "I believe all... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/11/18/after_carrie a672e0c2-9421-4244-9270-6284a9c69891 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT I was in Maine on the day that marriage qualified for the ballot this November. I went to Maine as president and founder of the National Organization for Marriage, which helped local groups organize the signature drive... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/09/08/gay_marriage_rage c10c620b-917c-4c28-b195-b7e39695c7bb Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:13:38 GMT How do we trim health care costs? Weighing in on the national debate, a new study in the journal Health Affairs urges: Fight fat by fighting fat. An obese person spends $1,400 more in medical expense per year than... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/07/29/fighting_fat_by_fighting_fat 46ef60ef-aa9b-4475-82c8-f262033ce4ae Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:45:56 GMT America's most televised parents of multiples made it official: They are splitting up. Kate minus Jon makes nine. Yes, the children will suffer. But no doubt it will be good for ratings. Well, there are worse... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/06/24/the_divorce_will_be_televised d301a567-baac-4b0e-ba43-df2df86a5569 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:06:31 GMT Is America's long love affair with Christianity coming to an end? Newsweek and other media decided the most appropriate way to mark the anniversary of Jesus' death was to trumpet the end of the influence in America... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/04/14/mainline_protestants_dead_end 68c08722-af62-4f08-b5e0-98d8e6436181 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:25:32 GMT Last week the Iowa Supreme Court found a constitutional right to gay marriage, rejecting the arguments for marriage accepted by the state supreme courts of New York, Maryland and Washington. Thus did the Iowa court... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/04/07/gay_marriage_and_the_future_of_religious_liberty cb879c92-322d-4445-9bf8-d23796e39c0f Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:38:46 GMT Michael O'Herlihy used to be a Catholic priest. He was accused of abusing one of his students around 1980, at a time when he taught at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. In 1993 he was defrocked. In 2002 his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/04/01/should_ny_discriminate_against_sex_abuse_victims 11c43e34-5022-442a-84f8-4763857339c7 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:35:25 GMT Lately the phrase "unlimited texting" is taking on a whole new meaning: "In Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah (at last count) minors have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/03/03/the_child_pornographer_next_door a4488b55-046b-47c1-851d-a9487f54cc84 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:03:08 GMT From the hills of Hollywood on Sunday, Sean Penn delivered at the Academy Awards his very own Sermon on the Mount. It was just a few days from Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, but Pastor Penn issued his own... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/02/26/the_actor_and_the_archbishop 2683be29-509b-4938-8927-e512c68b9621 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:53:36 GMT Here's the truth -- the simple truth: We are facing an economic calamity, and nobody really knows for sure what to do about it. Heaven knows what do, but Harvard surely doesn't. Republicans don't know.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2009/02/04/waste_this_crisis,_mr_president_please 81221bd2-4b0e-43f4-9d2d-919fe0062881 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:35:56 GMT The Wall Street Journal reports that Washington politicians are close to a bailout for the Big 3 automakers in Detroit. It's a complex deal and details are emerging, but President Bush, in one last great,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2008/12/10/no_car_czar,_please_-_were_americans 11da9a59-9ca3-4798-b22b-194ecff39c39 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:49:24 GMT (NOTE: Maggie Gallagher is the president of the National Organization for Marriage, which is sponsoring an AbovetheHate.com campaign.) Take this column with a grain of salt. I've been an opinion journalist for 20... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2008/11/25/above_the_hate 6d5833aa-d06f-4557-9bce-fa7bedf172c5 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:39:33 GMT Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson looks like an investment banker. He's a big guy, whose large hands, broad shoulders and balding head signal he's got the drive, the cojones, to be an alpha male in the once-intensely... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2008/11/19/no_more_bailouts 4f189b08-6039-4c36-b76f-963a506839cc Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:31:37 GMT OK, here is the latest urgent question for the Supreme Court: If in 1971 the city of Pleasant Grove, Utah, erected a red granite monument to the Ten Commandments in a public park, does the Constitution of these... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2008/11/11/the_ten_commandments_vs_the_seven_aphorisms a653cef3-1bd5-4bc1-a858-353ea6bdb924 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:23:38 GMT