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) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ A few days ago, going through some memorabilia of my mother's, I found the original promotional material for this syndicated column, launched in 1993. I was billed as "A New Conservative Voice for Young Women!" More... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2013/01/03/this-i-believe-a-farewell-to-optimism-n1477905 1fbae67c-679c-45df-8336-a76c0bc13ab8 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT When the press reported that Adam Lanza had Asperger's syndrome (part of the autism spectrum disorders) and other unspecified personality problems, the autism community swung into action in a way that is totally... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/12/20/when-science-doesnt-count-n1470778 261b8c5b-a23c-41dc-8ef4-94f9981f6b4d Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:21:00 GMT I hate to be the one to tell you this, but a serious case is now being made that our beloved Constitution gives us the right to have sex with donkeys.First, the lawyers:Over at Volokh.com, Northwestern law professor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/12/13/donkey-love-n1465571 bf4cd848-3ed1-4d01-8a2b-f210bb65934d Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:15:00 GMT Have you noticed how much of Hollywood is preoccupied with thoughts of God?"Life of Pi" is the latest example of a movie with essentially religious themes.Artists in a postmodern culture are thinking about the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/12/06/hollywood_searches_for_god 2c75b029-346f-4114-9c20-aa30f40df5b1 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:28:00 GMT And so it begins, like clockwork.After an election defeat of significant proportions for the "truce strategy," GOP elites appear prepared to double-down on kicking out the social issues.This week, Karl Rove... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/11/15/its_the_middle_class_stupid 55c00a68-0917-4634-8e93-980d19f8b062 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:30:00 GMT There is no point in spinning -- conservatives need to face honestly what this election means.A first take: Gov. Mitt Romney tried to win while leaning on only one leg of the old Reagan coalition: jobs, jobs, jobs,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/11/08/what_this_election_means 49f8d2fc-0c3b-4c11-bafc-8a52ca9fbc93 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:09:00 GMT The latest polls in the conventional swing states show a close race, with neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama clearly ahead. Yet they also show a surprising number of formerly solid blue states now within Romney's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/10/31/why_im_voting_for_the_maryland_dream_act f5a4224a-a344-4475-840b-37326c50100f Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:53:00 GMT Dinesh D'Souza's documentary, "2016: Obama's America," has grossed $33 million, making him one of the all-time best-selling documentary filmmakers. D'Souza stepped down from the presidency of King's College in Manhattan... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/10/25/love_death_and_dinesh_dsouza 68448be0-6ec5-4be4-b49d-54c4b36252a5 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:13:00 GMT Right after the second debate, Mitt Romney has finally decided to run an abortion ad:"Those ads saying Mitt Romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme, so I looked into it," a female... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/10/18/romneys_numbercrunching_values_pessimism d0d3090d-71dd-41bd-b91d-639e0fa82719 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:14:00 GMT This week I gave a talk at Morgan State University on gay marriage.At the end of our panel, Kieffer Mitchell, a Maryland state legislator who voted for gay marriage, said he was grateful for the civility of the panel,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/10/11/stigma_and_civilization a1f17c22-40cf-4e6c-b633-bf82ee041672 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:14:00 GMT In her new book, "The End of Men," Hanna Rosin says we are on the verge of matriarchy. Rosin doesn't exactly celebrate the demise of men, but she is puzzled by men's reluctance to let go of old... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/10/04/the_end_of_men dfe11dd9-61e1-44c2-9831-35581454ef5e Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Patrick McMahon is an Air Force combat veteran and nurse practitioner who worked as a transplant coordinator.In a new bombshell lawsuit, McMahon claims he was fired for raising one too many red flags about whether his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/09/27/harvesting_live_donors a013db76-84b3-40ae-b4a4-0c38356e08c9 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:15:00 GMT Let me begin with a prediction: Mitt Romney will be the next president of the United States.Why? Because I cannot believe the people of the United States will re-elect a sitting president who has spent so much of their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/09/20/romneys_fumbles 2411eae2-4213-48c2-a3bc-5f699073fda9 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:38:00 GMT My first honest reaction to the new memoir by recent Yale graduate Nathan Harden was shock.Not shock at the sexual shenanigans he relates in "Sex and God at Yale," but shock that America is still so good a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/09/14/eros_and_civilization_at_yale ca2ff954-c7a7-49e4-94f4-1700c015152f Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT How can they defend President Obama's record?For those of us who've been wondering, the first days of the Democratic convention are very revealing. They can't help themselves.On the very first day, the Democrats made it... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/09/06/obama_the_defense_does_not_rest 5dad7741-a4e7-467b-bb07-ac8249462272 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:55:00 GMT The future of the Republican Party was on display in Tampa, Fla., as the roll of speakers before Mitt Romney provided a preview of nomination battles in 2016 and beyond.Let's just say it: Paul Ryan hit it out of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/08/30/2016_the_next_gop_generation b71e9be6-ca53-4077-9a9c-53808bc08dad Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:45:00 GMT Last week, a man with a master's degree from George Mason University, a gun and 50 rounds of ammo walked into the Family Research Council. When a building manager named Leo Johnson blocked his entry, he shot Leo in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/08/23/politics_interfering_with_dc_hate_crimes_law 1163c271-03f1-4bb1-a574-0f9eea32cb91 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:20:00 GMT Mitt Romney showed he's reaching not just for a win, but for a mandate.The elevation of Rep. Paul Ryan is a game changer because it is a conversation changer. His selection as veep nominee puts front and center the need... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/08/16/the_heart_of_paul_ryan b1591eea-b84e-4fba-b538-21d07ca9451f Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:39:00 GMT For 40 years, the academic left has taught that reality is socially constructed, preferably by the left for the left.But every once in a while, reality bites back in a big way. This week was one of those times.In... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/08/09/ugly_black_babies_and_the_left 2c3ab4f2-9bbf-4d79-ab49-736e9ec3e336 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:15:00 GMT This is not a good week to be a journalist.Watching the massive 24/7 coverage of the massacre in Aurora, Colo., coverage that will only serve to inspire some future twisted male mind to seek infamy -- to die hated but... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/07/26/the_lessons_of_aurora d4448d82-c596-4746-a4e2-ea9cdce84732 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT The "veepstakes" speculation is in full swing:Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is signaling that if called, he will serve.Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has his fan club.Ohio Sen. Rob Portman let slip to ABC News... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/07/12/why_mitt_romney_needs_mike_huckabee c3d0c172-145c-40cd-8f6d-a8d372b747d2 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT What is college really worth? A lot of people are asking that question -- and it's the cover story of this month's Utne Reader magazine. My older son is 30, and my younger is 17. I'm hoping my two sons escape from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/06/28/what_is_a_college_degree_worth 90835854-c8dc-473b-bedd-c50685f66c7e Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Does biology matter? The front page of The New York Times' business section reports on a new scientific breakthrough: a noninvasive blood test that can determine paternity while a child is still in the womb, as early... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/06/21/does_biology_matter 386eb347-dd7c-4ad0-8ec0-e1a39fd25ce6 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Do children raised by same-sex couples do just as well as children raised by married moms and dads?U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned California's Proposition 8 in part on those grounds. The scientific... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/06/15/the_gay_murphy_brown_effect e2cfe738-a3a2-4cc9-a9bf-1d64fcd563c3 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:18:00 GMT This week, the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear any more arguments on gay marriage.Appellate Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain's dissent was scathing: "Based on a two-judge majority's gross... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/06/07/debating_samesex_marriage c381bd82-fef8-491e-b52f-0f439196ab2d Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:04:00 GMT As I type, the House of Representatives is debating the future of civil rights: a girl's right to life itself. Is it OK to choose to destroy a healthy unborn child simply because you or your husband prefer a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/05/31/the_future_civil_rights_of_baby_girls c4ebf298-88a0-4c3a-8434-ac65c04675d3 Thu, 31 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Back in 2004, Thomas Frank wrote a famous book, "What's the Matter with Kansas?", in which he lamented working class white people's choices to vote their "values" rather than what -- in his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/05/28/whats_the_matter_with_manhattan d20faa5d-d552-4433-ac1d-5267c9ca646f Mon, 28 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Obama is apparently tired of pretending he opposes gay marriage. Good. Good, because lying to the American people is always wrong, and because now the American people will have a clear choice: a president... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/05/24/nc_vote_proves_rush_is_right_on_marriage 18e1abe0-5739-48f3-8c0b-8a928f2d3718 Thu, 24 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Just how bad a blunder was President Obama's forced gay marriage endorsement? Item: Manny Pacquiao, the world's greatest boxer, just came out against gay marriage. He now faces a nasty public campaign to vilify him,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/05/17/president_obamas_gay_marriage_goof 5b022147-8b9d-4b8f-b0a3-12f5f5d5c23c Thu, 17 May 2012 14:35:00 GMT A few years ago, beauty queen Carrie Prejean innocently answered a question about gay marriage with a polite 'no.' She was viciously personally attacked by Miss USA pageant judge Perez Hilton, who posted a video of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/05/03/dan_savage_and_carrie_prejean ce9fc2f3-ee92-4d05-8afa-7993481be783 Thu, 03 May 2012 14:14:00 GMT Sarah Palin was the first to recognize the problem: By participating in President Obama's signature education initiative, the Common Core Standards, Alaska would lose control over its own curriculum. On May 31, 2009,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/04/26/sarah_palin_was_a_prophet_about_obamas_education_takeover 00c92469-7612-4be0-b3b4-c6dc7666d824 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT The Democrats' war on women meme is failing. If you read between the lines of the April 17 poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, you can see it's President Obama, not Gov. Romney, who has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/04/19/this_election_is_dog_meat 4fd4f23b-217e-495a-bb6e-e4d450607a16 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:26:00 GMT Will chicks dig Mitt? Or did Republicans blow it by attacking President Obama's decision to impose intrusive new mandates on religious charities requiring the nuns of EWTN, a Catholic television network, to pay for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/04/13/obamas_headfake_on_women fd9b1cfc-9f15-4796-97c5-3720fa819ac0 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:07:00 GMT In the whole swirling political/media uproar over Trayvon Martin's shooting, only two things are indisputably clear: A 17-year-old boy is dead, and George Zimmerman shot him. Nothing we can do can bring Trayvon back.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/04/05/arrest_george_zimmerman 5986b31a-b05a-452e-aaf5-d5fa4f60525d Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:44:00 GMT The shocked look on CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin's face as he emerged from the Supreme Court's oral arguments over Obamacare was priceless: "This was a train wreck for the Obama administration," Toobin... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/03/29/the_longawaited_coming_of_a_conservative_court 54852468-7b0d-4e30-a619-92b183ca590e Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:01:00 GMT The Opera House in Seattle was the setting for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and the annual board meeting of his church of Starbucks. That's what it felt like -- what with the heart-stirring videos, the soulful songs... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/03/23/dump_starbucks 27b77d4a-737f-4a3a-b04d-dd70ab62b96f Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT All day this past Tuesday, I crisscrossed Mississippi on the Rick Bus, a Susan B. Anthony List-led independent effort to turn out Rick Santorum voters who care about life, marriage and religious liberty. On the long... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/03/15/is_romney_electable 8b8cbcc0-6a8c-48c0-aae3-c684ddfc63b3 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:26:00 GMT It was a bad night for Mitt Romney. Don't kid yourself, Romney supporters. The mixed vote on Super Tuesday is a profound setback for the fragile front-runner. I spoke on Tuesday afternoon with a dear friend who is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/03/08/the_antiromney_vote f0577c2e-25a1-4064-b157-11d705564fd1 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:38:00 GMT Can the government order you to pay for anything if it calls it "health care"? Can President Obama make you choose between your religious faith and your health care coverage? Enter Senate bill 1467, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/03/01/can_obama_force_nuns_to_pay_for_abortioninducing_drugs d5080845-d367-4c57-aad9-c55a8abd5873 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:19:00 GMT President Obama, you do not speak for women. Stop claiming -- you and other Democrats -- that when you try to ram abortion-inducing drugs and contraception mandates down the throats of religious charities, schools and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/02/23/womens_support_for_santorum_surging d3bcce0f-7af4-4263-8e53-80497431b5c3 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:21:00 GMT In an appearance on Al Jazeera, I was asked: Why is gay marriage emerging as a big issue in the campaign? Obviously economic issues dominate this year, as they do every bad economic year. But thanks to President... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/02/16/why_is_gay_marriage_an_issue_in_this_campaign a737aae3-4a24-42b2-a407-93f74e613265 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:12:00 GMT President Obama's attack on Catholic organizations has managed to do what the bishops have been unable to do, as Peggy Noonan points out: Unite the Catholic right and the Catholic left. Obama's decision to use... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/02/09/the_catholic_tribe_closes_ranks_against_obamas_intrusion d889cd55-f0ee-4652-9b14-339346c50035 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:13:00 GMT Let's take a break from politics to ask the burning question: How did Karen Santorum and Ann Romney get so lucky? Just who are the happiest wives in America? According to a new report by the University of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/02/01/the_happiest_wives_in_america c2a9866c-a7ed-4b31-a603-1a1dbf020a1f Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:21:00 GMT American women are both incredibly dogmatic and anxious about our mothering. When Amy Chua described her intense efforts to push her two daughters into high achievement in school, in music and, hence, in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/01/27/the_high_cost_of_being_a_tiger_mom 9d7c9942-d49a-471c-87af-48f1d1040882 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT The headline at the online magazine Miller-McCune.com just about says it all: "Sex on the Brain Proves Costly for Men." In an intriguing set of empirical studies just published in the Archives of Sexual... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/01/20/the_growing_science_of_sex_difference f4ad6bd9-f264-48c4-98bd-95db176f1412 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Lost in the political shuffle in New Hampshire was an epic U.S. Supreme Court decision this week in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. By an astounding,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/01/14/court_unanimously_slaps_down_obamas_antireligion_doctrine 27619b32-c28b-4b88-a8ba-17b0e4c92e20 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT On Tuesday night in Iowa, he stood before the cheering throngs like a Republican Rocky, or better yet, a latter-day Rudy suddenly lifted above his Notre Dame teammates in a fantastic storybook finish. On Tuesday... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2012/01/06/social_conservatives_unite_for_santorum 823933e2-e934-4f7c-a323-7c7816ddd9b9 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:27:00 GMT