Austin Ruse

Austin Ruse is the President of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, also known as C-FAM, a United States-based research institute with special consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[1] Ruse is also a regular contributor to Breitbart.com, and writes a weekly column for Crisis Magazine and The Catholic Thing. Prior to helping to found C-FAM, Ruse worked in magazine publishing at Forbes, Fortune, the Atlantic Monthly and Rolling Stone.[2]

Ruse is a Knight of Magistral Grace in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a Knight in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He is also a recipient of the Defender of Life Award presented by Students for Life of America. Ruse is a recipient of the John Cardinal O'Connor Award from Legatus.[3] In 2004, Ruse and his wife Cathy received the John Paul II Award for Advancing the Culture of Life from the Institute for the Psychological Sciences.[4] Ruse holds undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Missouri, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

In July 2013, Ruse was identified as a key member of Groundswell, a coalition of conservative activists and journalists attempting to make political change behind the scenes.[5][6]

Controversies

While hosting a radio talk show in March, 2014, Ruse asserted that "the hard left, human-hating people that run modern universities" should "all be taken out and shot".[7] Ruse issued a formal apology for his comments, stating "the expression 'taken out and shot'... was not intended to be taken literally."[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Economic and Social Council, Opening Coordination, Management Meetings, Adopts Five Decisions, Holds Subsidiary Body Elections". Un.org. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Austin Ruse". Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Austin Ruse". Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "IPS Honors Pro-Life Couple". Arlington Catholic Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Vicens, AJ (July 25, 2013). "Meet Groundswell's Major Players". Mother Jones. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Meeting with the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-Fam)". Ministry for Foreign Affairs website. Government of Malta. December 22, 2008.
  7. ↑ Shadee Ashtari,"Catholic Group Leader Calls For Liberal Academics To Be 'Taken Out And Shot'", Huffington Post, March 13, 2014, Retrieved 14 March 2014
  8. ↑ "Statement by Austin Ruse". Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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