Going the rounds on Facebook this morning is “Legalize Polygamy! No. I am not kidding.” by Jillian Keenan on Slate. She observes that “Two-parent families are not the reality for millions of American children. Divorce, remarriage, surrogate parents, . . . . Continue Reading »
On Friday, thanks to the work of Mollie Ziegler Hemmingway and Kirsten Powers , anyone who uses social media probably noticed his feed blow up with references to Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist currently on trial for eight counts of murder. Most media organizations had ignored the trial, but now . . . . Continue Reading »
Converting the (Other) Hagia Sophia Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today Reality and Public Policy George Weigel, National Affairs Where Flannery Became Flannery Ann Napolitano, Writers’ Houses Fifteen Days in Rome Stacy Meichtry and Alessandra Galloni, Wall Street Journal The Bible vs. the . . . . Continue Reading »
This time it’s in South Carolina. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) on litigation between two rival factions in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. One faction, representing the leadership and about two-thirds of the membership, . . . . Continue Reading »
In a thought-provoking essay at Center for Law and Religion Forum , University of Michigan Law School’s Dan Crane wonders how Jesus might have responded if someone had asked him about same-sex marriage, the way people asked him about taxes to Caesar and divorce: Chances are that Jesus’ . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re in the midst of a big shift, no doubt. Check out this report from the Nation : “ NHL Takes ‘Historic Step’ for LGBT Equality .” The piece speaks of sports as a bulwark of “heteronormative socialization,” with the implicit suggestion that this, like . . . . Continue Reading »
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell is facing the death penalty if he is convicted of the murders for which he is being tried in Philadelphia. Surely, the heinous acts of which he stands accused are depraved. They probably meet the criteria for capital punishment under Pennsylvania law. However, in the . . . . Continue Reading »
For years when people have asked me which woman I honor, I am likely to say Margaret Thatcher. You can imagine the varied responses I get, depending of the politics of the person who asks the question. There are not many people one does not know whose deaths inspire grief; for . . . . Continue Reading »
This post has been updated to reflect that the Washington Post factcheck was published in advance of the 2012 election. -Ed. With Barack Obama safely elected and re-elected as President of the United States, the Washington Post Fact Checker has finally got ten around in 2012 to a . . . . Continue Reading »
Rick Garnett and others have taken note of the “media blackout” of the homidice trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Grassroot efforts to shame the journalistic establishment into at least mentioning the trial seem to be working, however. Now, in a rather transparently . . . . Continue Reading »
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