The Anscombe Society

 In the News this week... A Harvard Student’s Opinion: What Happened to Courtship?   Stanford Editorial: Courts Must Drive Gay Marriage Issue   On the Fence about Marriage and Intimidated   Dutch Views on Same-Sex Marriage   Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum 

Even though our emotions are generally not things we can consciously dictate, we consider ourselves fairly accurate judges of which emotions we're actually experiencing. As it turns out, we may not even be as good at that as we thought...

The Anscombe Society would like to welcome the Love and Fidelity Network's 2nd annual conference, Sexuality, Integrity, and the University, to Princeton University for this weekend!This unique event will bring together more than 200 participants from dozens of colleges and universities across the...

The Princeton Senate is kicking off the year with its first debate tomorrow, Friday, November 13, with the topic of the Center for Abstinence and Chastity.  The debate promises to be lively, and anyone can take the floor to speak.  It'll start at 8:30 PM in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber.Please c...

 Months before I arrived on campus as a freshman I was apprehensive about attending the mandatory “Sex on a Saturday Night”. People and paper had warned me of its less-than-subtle message that hooking-up is a prevalent and accepted part of campus culture. As the lights dimmed I steeled myself...

 In the News this week... President of Harvard Chastity Group On the Meaning of Sex   Maine Voters Latest to Turn Down Gay Marriage   Gay Supporters Storm Lecture at Stanford Student Calls for Toning Down of Annual Party at Brown   

I thought I would summarize and comment on a few interesting points made in a recent lecture by esteemed Augustine scholar Gilbert Meilander: Before I begin, it seems prudent to preface my remarks with a rejection of the common dismissal of Augustine as “insufficiently life-affirming”- a rep...

 In the news this week... Marital responsibilities   Harvard Student Newspaper Further Criticizes On-Campus Chastity Group   Cornell Safe Sex Group Struggles for Funding   Offer Raises Idea of Marriage for Catholic Priests   Maine Vote Is Focus of Gay-Marriage Fight   

Princeton is beginning to offer gender neutral housing (GNH) in Spelman dorms next year as a pilot-program, before assessing whether it should be offered across Princeton's campus...

 In the news this week... Harvard Student Newspaper Criticizes On-Campus Chastity Group   After Princeton, Yale is last Ivy without gender-neutral housing   Justice Dept. Seeks Action vs. Ga...

 In the news this past week...Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington A Penn Student’s Take on the Gay Rights March  Sex Ed and Its Effects on the Sexual Culture  Developments Concerning Prop. 8 Challenge 

A historical side effect of falling in love has been increased production of love poetry...