A reframed, redemptive conversation about same-sex marriage with the subject before the Supreme Court. Coming to the gay marriage debate from two, predictable opposing directions, David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch both have an equal desire to strengthen the institution of marriage. They're now showing all of us another way forward in grappling with the future of marriage.
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Blankenhorn is founder and president of the Institute for American Values. His books include The Future of Marriage.
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Rauch is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor to The Atlantic and National Journal. He’s the author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America.
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Watch the entire public discussion between Krista and her two guests at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And see what people were seeing in our interactive chat as the event unfolded.
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This show is part of The Civil Conversations Project, a series of four public discussions offering ideas and tools for healing our fractured civic spaces. Listen to our other CCP dialogues:
» The Future of Marriage
» Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Dialogue
» The Next Christians
» Political Bridge People
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Jonathan Rauch (L) and David Blankenhorn (R) in dialogue at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
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The Civil Conversations Project is sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, and the Lilly Endowment.