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STEUBENVILLE -- The Franciscan University of Steubenville will host the Conference on Parental Rights Oct. 15-16. The two-day conference will feature 13 presentations that will educate and empower attendees to protect children from attacks on the family by American institutions.
"We have often seen 'experts' in different areas assume automatically they know better than parents on ethical matters," says Stephen M. Krason, professor of political science and legal studies at the university. "Parental rights, however, are affirmed in sound ethics, the teaching of the church and the Christian tradition generally and in the background of our nation's common law tradition."
Presenters and topics to be addressed include: Patrick F. Fagan of the Catholic University of America -- "The Welfare State, the Family and Parental Rights;" attorney Michael P. Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association-- "The History and Erosion of Parental Rights in American Law"; and Hugh Brown of the American Life League-- "Parental Rights and the Life Issues."
Other topics will include "The Threat to Parental Rights by Gender Ideology;" "False Child Abuse Allegations, the Child Protective System and the Threat to Parental Rights;" and "In Defense of Homeschooling."
The conference is co-sponsored by the university's Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life and department of political science, ParentalRights.org/Parental Rights Foundation, the Home School Legal Defense Association, the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Society of Catholic Social Scientists.
Parents, academics and professionals are encouraged to attend.
Cost of attendance is $40. For a full agenda list of speakers, and registration information, visit franciscan.edu/parental-rights-conference or e-mail adelfiandra@franciscan.edu.