Marriage Opportunity: The Moment for National Action | Marriage Opportunity Council

Institute for American Values, 2015

 

A public appeal from 103 U.S. scholars and leaders to "make marriage achievable for all who seek it" by reducing legal, social, and economic barriers to marriage. The statement also announces the formation of the Marriage Opportunity Council, which seeks to bring together left and right, gay and straight, into a new pro-marriage coalition. Read more.

 

The Marriage Opportunity Council is an independent, non-partisan group of scholars and leaders who come together to develop proposals to reduce legal, social, and economic barriers to marriage. Through collaborative research, interdisciplinary deliberation, and jointly authored public statements, the Council seeks ways to make marriage achievable for all who seek it, end the conflict between gay rights and family values, and help lead the nation to a new pro-family, pro-equality consensus.

 

The Council's co-directors are David Blankenhorn of IAV and Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution.