1. Same-sex marriage

Stand with Barronelle Stutzman

by Andrew Walker

In the ongoing cultural disputes that pit a person’s sexual “identity” against a person’s religious liberty, it’s not often that you see eye-popping courage and conviction. Continue Reading »

25 Feb 2015

The Legal Ingredients to Forced Baking 2.0

by Andrew Walker

I’ve been saying this for a while now, but on the most contentious issues of the culture war, namely homosexuality and same-sex marriage, it is conservative Christians that deserve credit for being the most reasonable and peaceable combatants. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2015

What the Marriage Pledge Means

by Peter J. Leithart

The Marriage Pledge is part of a renegotiation of church and state, a redefinition of “public.”
Continue Reading »

20 Nov 2014

The Strategy of the Subpoenas

by Peter J. Leithart

There’s method in the mad subpoenas of Houston’s mayor. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2014

Retreating from the Square

by Russell E. Saltzman

Here’s an idea. Roman Catholic priests might, as a matter of “principled resistance,” refuse the role of marriage registrars for the civil government. Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2014

Still Called to Martyrdom

by Peter J. Leithart

Are Christian warnings about persecution on the same-sex marriage issue hysterical? Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2014

Normalizing Incest

by Peter J. Leithart

The same arguments used for same-sex marriage can be used to overturn incest prohibitions. Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2014
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