Versus Debates: The Traditional Nuclear Family Has Had its Day

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This debate, the second in a year-long series from Intelligence Squared and Google+, took place on 29th January 2013. A panel of world experts tackled the motion, 'The traditional nuclear family has had its day: gay parents, single parents, communes - anything goes!.'
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SPEAKERS
Chair:
Manisha Tank - British television news presenter for CNN
Speakers For the Motion:
Charlie Condou - Writer and actor, best known for his role in the TV series Coronation Street
Philippa Perry - Psychotherapist, writer and author of the graphic novel, Couch Fiction: a graphic tale of psychotherapy
Speakers Against the Motion:
Anne Atkins - Broadcaster, journalist and novelist. She is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme
Glenn Stanton (via Google+ Hangouts)- Director for Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family
Expert Panel via Google+ Hangouts:
Dr. Stephanie Coontz - Co-Chair and Director of Research and Public Education of the Council on Contemporary Families
Andrew Solomon - Writer and Author of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity