Thomas Reese, writing about gay marriage in the National Catholic Reporter, argues that the Catholic bishops of the United States should “admit defeat and move on.” They’ve done this before, he claims: Think of “their predecessors who opposed legalizing divorce but lost,” and who then . . . . Continue Reading »
The Next Front in the Battle over Gay Rights
Lydia Wheeler, The Hill
Ontario Law Society’s Decision to Refuse Trinity Western Accreditation Upheld
Simona Chiose, Globe and Mail
Uber’s Going to War With New York City. Again.
Alison Griswold, Slate
The Witness of Literature: A Genealogical Sketch
Alan Jacobs, The Hedgehog Review
A New Word on the Internet
Betsy Morais, The New Yorker
Millennial Republicans See Risk for Party in Gay Marriage Response
Kevin Cirilli, The Hill
Hollywood, George Soros Giving Big to Clinton Super PAC
Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press
Fr. Barron on SCOTUS and Same-sex Marriage
Robert Barron, Word on Fire
Austen Ivereigh reports that when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was at the helm of the Colegio Máximo—a Jesuit seminary in the San Miguel region of Buenos Aires—he piloted with “a charismatic personalist style of leadership, the kind Latins (and especially Argentines) respond naturally to, yet which Anglo-Saxons can regard as suffocating or demagogic.” Continue Reading »
This weekend, Americans across the nation will celebrate the 239th anniversary of our separation from the British Empire. Many of us will enjoy our long weekend in stereotypically American fashion—grilling meat, drinking beer, and filling the sky with explosions. I love my country, nearly to a . . . . Continue Reading »
During the past few days a number of commentators have discussed the numerous parallels between the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. In neither case was the majority opinion grounded in the U.S. Constitution. Additionally, social . . . . Continue Reading »
How Corporate America Propelled Same-Sex Marriage
Emily Cadei, Newsweek
Right Divided, a Disciplined Left Steered the Supreme Court
Adam Liptak, New York Times
McConnell: Congress Can't Roll Back Supreme Court Decision
Jordain Carney, The Hill
40 Questions for Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags
Kevin DeYoung, Gospel Coalition
Peter Hellman, in a review of by Bryan Burrough's Days of Rage, outlines how the frustrations of the 60s gave way to the violent extremism of the 70s. The violence of radical leftist protesters discredited their movement, contributing to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. Conservatives won . . . . Continue Reading »
I write this post not as a partisan, but as an American. The White House should not ever be used as an icon or celebration for any particular political or even social cause or purpose, regardless of our personal belief on the rightness of that cause. It just shouldn't.There are many . . . . Continue Reading »
In “False Devils,” Nadja Wolfe of the World Youth Alliance asserts that “countries did not include abortion as a component of reproductive health” at the 1994 Cairo Conference on Population and Development. The very agreement she cites contradicts her.Paragraph 13.14(b) of the agreement . . . . Continue Reading »
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