Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for several hundred years. Maggie Gallagher More Quotes by Maggie Gallagher More Quotes From Maggie Gallagher Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all. Maggie Gallagher familymomlove Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher. Maggie Gallagher teachingteacherjobs Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority. Maggie Gallagher majorityprejudicegovernment Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused. Maggie Gallagher teacherkidsschool The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe. Maggie Gallagher opportunityeuropeorder When men and women fail to form stable marriages, the result is a vast Maggie Gallagher marriagepregnancyschool Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement. Maggie Gallagher europesexideas Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide. Maggie Gallagher oregonunionssuicide In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens. Maggie Gallagher rebeluprisingparent At the heart of the gay marriage argument is an untruth: unions of two men or women are not the same as unions of husband and wife. The law cannot make it so, it can only require us to paint pretty pictures to cover up deep truths embedded in human nature. Maggie Gallagher gayhusbandheart It is not discrimination to treat different things differently. Maggie Gallagher discriminationtreatsdifferent The first question for me is: Are same-sex unions ‘marriages’? I’m against discrimination, I’m against hatred, I’m in favor of marriage equality, but I don’t think same-sex marriage is marriage. Therefore I think it is wrong for the government to insist, through the use of law, that we all believe that same-sex unions are marriages. Maggie Gallagher believesexthinking In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation. Maggie Gallagher democracynameseurope Optimism is America's birthright.... There is no social problem Americans Maggie Gallagher optimismmarriageamerica Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified. Maggie Gallagher proportionteacherschool When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments. Maggie Gallagher failingdesireculture I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that never were and never will be. Maggie Gallagher regretchildrenworld Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do. Maggie Gallagher marriedweddingpreparation The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution. Maggie Gallagher racismrightswhite Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. Maggie Gallagher romantic-loveeyehappiness
