The Church of England Takes a “Third Way” on Gay Marriage
by Carl R. TruemanIf gay partnerships are legitimate, why deny them the status of marriage? And if they are not legitimate, why bless them? Continue Reading »
The Sad Fate of Girls’ Schools
by Kari Jenson GoldIn our thirteen years at the Nightingale-Bamford School, we experienced wonderful times and difficult ones. Yet, you could hardly recognize the school today. Continue Reading »
Gay vs. Queer
by Carl R. TruemanThe winners and losers may change, but the game is always the same: to dethrone whatever today’s dominant categories might be, whether of heterosexuality, whiteness, or the gender binary. Continue Reading »
Are Spain’s Catholic Schools Still Catholic?
by Itxu DíazMany Catholic schools in Spain, voluntarily or not, are failing to teach students Church teaching on sexual issues. Continue Reading »
A Rift in the Rainbow Alliance
by Carl R. TruemanA legal conflict between two organizations in the U.K. demonstrates that sometimes allies are found in unlikely places. Continue Reading »
How Not To Lead
by Charles J. ChaputPolitical discretion on the world stage can never be an excuse for local bishops to avoid speaking the truth, and—worse—to decline to provide counsel and encouragement to faithful Catholic public officials seeking their support. Continue Reading »
Pride Month and Public Decency
by Pavlos Leonidas PapadopoulosIs our “sweet land of liberty” really all about grown men dressing up as hyper-sexualized caricatures of women, taking over the public square, and insisting that society celebrate them? Continue Reading »
Greetings from the Rainbow Reich
by R. R. RenoThe Rainbow Reich and its agenda of cultural deregulation is the natural partner to the most ambitious programs of economic deregulation, which is why corporate American embraces it. Both destroy protections of the weakest and most vulnerable in the name of “freedom.” Continue Reading »
Denying and Defying our Human Bodies
by Jennifer LahlMedical procedures that would have been unconscionable fifty years ago are happening all around us. The medical profession may never recover from its complicity in the mutilation of young people. Continue Reading »
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