Against the “Fairness For All” Act
by David S. CrawfordThe “Fairness for All” Act misunderstands both the nature of and danger presented by the LGBTQ+ conception of sexuality. Continue Reading »
Beto's Woke Integralism
by Ed CondonMagisterial progressivism requires an integralist state to entrench its teachings, and Beto’s bid for the power to compel obedience and destroy through the tax system is the obvious stick to reach for. Continue Reading »
How Gay Rights Empower the Rich
by R. R. RenoThe machine of contemporary civil rights law and activism grinds very finely, and without regard to social realities. Continue Reading »
Politics and the Sacred
by R. R. RenoBret Stephens recently championed the “classically liberal concept of a neutral public square.” In this issue, Matthew Schmitz examines similar assertions by George Will. These accounts characterize any substantive basis for civic life as “illiberal,” even “theocratic.” They entail a . . . . Continue Reading »
Magisterial Liberalism
by Ed CondonLiberals turn to the moral dictates of the Supreme Court to oppose traditional Church teaching. Continue Reading »
Backing into Relativism
by Hadley ArkesWe have just come through a year with the Supreme Court in which the defenders of religious freedom racked up a string of famous victories. Famous, at least, to those who rejoiced in the outcomes and hoped that they foretold something lasting. But there are grounds to be less than cheered when we . . . . Continue Reading »
Love Is Not a Feeling
by Carl R. TruemanGeorgetown Visitation’s policy change does not represent a more Christian approach, but actually expresses the secular mindset in a Christian idiom. Continue Reading »
An Open Letter to Georgetown Visitation
by VariousWe pray that Visitation’s leaders will reaffirm their commitment to teaching the Catholic faith in its fullness. Continue Reading »
Comfort to Predators
by Paul V. MankowskiIn the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by frédéric martel translated by shaun whiteside bloomsbury, 576 pages, $30 The cursus of Frédéric Martel’s work can be expressed quite simply: He takes 576 pages to convince us that the Roman Catholic clergymen who live and . . . . Continue Reading »
Who Wants to Be a Diversity Dean?
by Mark BauerleinYou may have seen the news on March 5, when the State of Colorado Civil Rights Commission decided to drop the action it had taken against Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. This was not the original allegation of discrimination that the Commission had received in . . . . Continue Reading »
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