Notre Dame to host conference on civil marriage | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame to host conference on civil marriage Notre Dame to host conference on civil marriage Published: March 31, 2014 Author: Michael O. Garvey Click for larger image A conference on the political and social significance of civil marriage will be held Thursday (April 3) in the University of Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall. The conference, “For Richer, For Poorer, For Children: The Definition and Importance of Civil Marriage,” is being sponsored by Students for Child-Oriented Policy. According to one of the conference organizers, Notre Dame senior Michael Bradley, the conference is intended to explore the purpose of marriage as a civil institution, and how it has become a political subject. “As controversial as marriage has become across the country,” Bradley said, “these questions are rarely addressed. Many in the national media are more interested in pronouncing marriage a nonissue in politics than in examining the effects that civil marriage has on the youngest and the poorest among us. Here in Indiana, however, we should not ignore how important it is for these most vulnerable members of society that we properly define and promote marriage as a civil institution. This conference will gather student leaders from across Indiana to form a statewide network of advocates for marriage, properly defined, as a child-oriented civil institution that specially serves the poor.” Conference speakers will include Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches; Jennifer Thieme, director of finance and advancement at the Ruth Institute; Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law at Notre Dame; Daniel Mark, assistant professor of political science at Villanova University; Arina Grossu, director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council; Katrina Harrington, founder and editor of “Cedars and Tiny Flowers”; and Robert Oscar Lopez, associate professor of English at California State University and co-founder of English Manif. Contact: Michael Bradley, mbradle6@nd.edu Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related August 02, 2022 University of Notre Dame hosts joint conference of national Black Catholic clergy and religious March 27, 2022 Environmental activist Sharon Lavigne to receive Notre Dame’s 2022 Laetare Medal January 13, 2022 Supreme Court must determine religious voices deserve a place in the public square, experts say October 25, 2021 Notre Dame Office of Life and Human Dignity welcomes Gloria Purvis as inaugural pastoral fellow September 23, 2021 Black Catholic Theological Symposium to convene 31st annual meeting at Notre Dame For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn