It Takes a Family
When Hillary Clinton wrote her 1996 It Takes a Village, many knew that the village of which she wrote was anything and everything except for the family, and would ultimately corrupt our youth for generations to come. Leading the charge against the village came Rick Santorum, former Senator and candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2012 and 2016. Senator Santorum knew that the most basic and fundamental unit of society is the family, whose duty it is to rear children into well-rounded, well-educated, virtuous men and women and responsible citizens. Thus he penned his 2005 response to Clinton’s book–It Takes a Family.
Eighteen years later and Santorum’s message is needed now more than ever. Institutions including government and big business regularly undermine the role of the family. Depictions of fatherhood in television and film cast fathers as incompetent buffoons. Now is the time to double-down on the utter necessity and importance of the Family in renewing and creating a culture–both socially and politically–favoring the strongest and most fundamental unit of all historical societies–The Family.
Pittsburgh-area undergraduate students are highly encouraged to join the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and Senator Rick Santorum this April 1st in Pittsburgh, PA to garner a better understanding of where we stand on this matter, where we’re headed, and how to redirect the course.
Complimentary copies of Senator Santorum’s It Takes a Family will be available to accepted and attending students.
Contact Ashley Kondracki at akondracki@isi.org with any questions.