Douglas Farrow

It should not be overlooked that the trail to yesterday’s decision in United States v. Windsor began in Canada: “The State of New York recognizes the marriage of New York residents Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, who wed in Ontario, Canada, in 2007.” But the trail is actually much . . . . Continue Reading »

Here, for those who read French, is the Chief Rabbi’s site containing the open letter to which Benedict’s Christmas address referred.  Those who don’t read French might want to revisit the Thirteen Theses . A sample:  Que l’on ait l’une ou l’autre des . . . . Continue Reading »

Thank you, David, for your reply . Little these days surprises me, though some things in our culture do alarm me, as they do also you; and I am grateful for the way in which you have translated your alarm into positive action over these many years. Your response, however, surprises me a little, as . . . . Continue Reading »

At FamilyScholars.org , David Blankenhorn is not willing to grant R. R. Reno’s dismissal of the “Selma Analogy.” I’m sure, he says, that Rusty Reno knows as well as anyone that almost no gay people (certainly no openly gay people, or at least none that I can think of) . . . . Continue Reading »

Pursuant to my brief post on the defeat of M-312, one commenter (David Nickol) observes that the motion was, if I may so paraphrase, ill-considered: M312 would have set up a committee in parliament to answer the following questions: (i) what medical evidence exists to demonstrate that a child is or . . . . Continue Reading »

On 26 September 2012, at the close of Yom Kippur, the Canadian Parliament voted 203–91 against M-312. Children in the womb, for legal purposes, will remain non-persons whose lives may be ended with impunity. But who will atone for that? . . . . Continue Reading »

I’d like to thank Mark Chapman of Ripon College Cuddesdon for noticing that my Ascension Theology (T&T Clark 2011) “even includes coloured pictures” in its “ambitious . . . survey of scripture and tradition.” We went to a lot of trouble, not to mention expense, with . . . . Continue Reading »

David Blankenhorn, who contributed greatly to the defense of marriage and suffered for the cause, confesses his current state of mind with this one sentence: “As I look at what our society needs most today, I have no stomach for what we often too glibly call ‘culture wars.’ . . . . Continue Reading »

Those who lost their rights but kept their dignity, as John Paul II and the Polish people once did, know the difference between the two. “Of themselves, rights are not enough,” Blessed John Paul insisted. Rights must be grounded in dignity, and the granting of rights in the recognition of . . . . Continue Reading »

The controversial “ Note on financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace ” makes the international financial crisis, still unfolding around us in slow motion, the occasion for a renewed call for a “global political authority.” That, rather than its . . . . Continue Reading »