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No to Gay Marriage but Yes to Gay Adoption?

Michael Paterson-Seymour

Paul Ryanโ€™s recent off-the-cuff statement that he supports gay adoption while he opposes gay marriage is as likely to be a one-time slip as a change in position. Whether...

Glasgow Midwivesโ€™ Case

Michael Paterson-Seymour

In the U.K., two Catholic midwives, Mary Teresa Doogan and Concepta Wood , have just won an important court case regarding the conscience clause in the Abortion Act 1967...

Were Joseph and Mary Really Married?

Michael Paterson-Seymour

Were Joseph and Mary married? The Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, and some Protestants teach that Mary remained “ever virgin.” Some, though, claim that a marriage has to be consummated...

Lord Stowell on Marriage Natural, Civil, Religious

Michael Paterson-Seymour

Regarding Roger Scrutonโ€™s quarrel with Paul Griffiths about the relation of marriage to the state, Lord Stowell’s analysis in Dalrymple v Dalrymple seems very apposite: Marriage in its origin...

Re: Abortion and Child Support

Michael Paterson-Seymour

Regardingย  Amy Waxโ€™s discussion of abortion and child support : As long as the law guarantees to a woman the absolute, unqualified and unconditional right, regardless of age or...