JACKSON, Tenn. — Feb. 8, 2014 — Ryan T. Anderson, writer and researcher for The Heritage Foundation, will speak at 51社区鈥檚 鈥淭rue Marriage Equality: Man and Woman鈥� lecture Feb. 13.
The William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society, Anderson is an established speaker on the topic of marriage, said Micah Watson, associate professor of political science at Union. Anderson, who serves as the editor of the online journal 鈥淧ublic Discourse,鈥� also is the co-author of 鈥淲hat Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense.鈥�
鈥淩yan Anderson has that rare combination of an outstanding scholarly and intellectual pedigree with a knack for winsome, clear and incisive communication,鈥� Watson said. 鈥淗e is perhaps the most in-demand speaker on this issue in the country.鈥�
Watson noted that the marriage equality debate impacts people at a local, state and federal level, making this topic a pivotal and important controversy in today鈥檚 culture.
鈥淔rom the earliest church fathers, Christians have not shied away from addressing marriage and its importance,鈥� Watson said. 鈥淲e stand in an unbroken line of Christian tradition by engaging this issue, aspiring to address it with what Dr. David S. Dockery calls 鈥榗onvictional civility.鈥欌��
The lecture will be held at the Carl Grant Events Center at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Watson at mwatson@uu.edu or Justin Barnard, associate professor of philosophy, at jbarnard@uu.edu.