Marriage debate to be held

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A debate on the nature of marriage will come to Dow A&B on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. “What is Marriage?” is sponsored by the Lyceum and the Symposium, student groups which receive funding from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Hillsdale chapter of Young Americans for Freedom.
“I’m excited because being a liberal arts school that’s dedicated to pursuing truth, we should be open to serious intellectual arguments and discussion,” junior Alexis Allen, who is organizing the event, said.
Sherif Girgis, who wrote “What is Marriage?” with Princeton professor and influential Christian thinker Robert George and Heritage Foundation Fellow Ryan Anderson will be defending traditional marriage. Girgis is a Rhodes Scholar and is pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Girgis last spoke at Hillsdale in spring of 2013.
John Corvino will debate Girgis. Author of “What’s Wrong with Homosexuality?” and prominent speaker and supporter of gay marriage, Corvino teaches philosophy at Wayne State University. His writing has appeared in The Advocate, the LA Times, The New Republic, Commonweal, and the New York Times.