Dear Friend,

Today’s the day! It’s Giving Tuesday, and EPPC needs your help.

You may remember that in March, the Wall Street Journal reported that support for patriotism, religion, community involvement, work, and having children has declined precipitously over the past several decades.

Meanwhile, Baby Boomers are retiring, frequently alone, their families fragmented by divorce, without sufficient children and community bonds to provide for their care.

The rising generation of young adults is less likely to get married and have children—certainly not at the rates needed to sustain the population, not to mention various entitlement programs.

Our youngest generation is depressed, with the New York Times reporting earlier this year on the explosion of pediatric suicidal behavior and hospitalization. This is only the worst of many unfortunate metrics for a generation that seems to lack not only agency and resiliency but the basic ability to cope with reality.

In increasingly uncertain times, we want to make certain that American law and culture uphold a sound conception of human dignity and that biblically orthodox religion grows and flourishes.

That work has never been more crucial than it is today, when so much public policy and popular culture is deeply hostile to religious believers and our country’s founding principles.

Thanks to the generous support of our donors, EPPC is working to articulate and apply sound ethical principles in contemporary policy and culture.

We make arguments and engage political leaders to ensure that our laws reflect the truth about male and female embodiment, the value of life in the womb, the centrality of marriage to civil society and human flourishing, the free exercise of religion, and the dignity of the human person.

This work has never been more necessary—but we can’t continue it without you, our dedicated community of friends and supporters.

Friend, will you make a tax-deductible gift of $100, $200, or even $500 today, to help us advocate for the true dignity of the human person, our nation’s founding tradition of ordered liberty, and the biblical orthodoxy which once animated American culture?

As I noted in my last email, we will be pleased to thank any donors who contribute $1,000 or more with a yearlong subscription to Ethos, the new quarterly journal of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Any amount you can contribute this Giving Tuesday will help us fulfill our mission, reach a wider audience, and expand our programs to meet new policy challenges as they arise in 2024.

Thank you for your generous support!