LGBTQ
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Lust and Augustine
I have watched with keen interest the debates unfolding around the Revoice Conference, which takes place in…
Her Name Is Monroe Christine
Her name is Monroe Christine. She is twenty months old. She was born on television. You see,…
Monkeying with Monogamy
If you want a template for enlightened sexual mores, look to our ape ancestors—at least that appears…
Conservative Jurisprudence Resorts to Relativism
Jack Phillips is the now-famous owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, the baker who in 2012…
The Supreme Court Punts
The outcome of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission didn’t surprise me. Our political emphasis on…
No Victory for Religious Liberty
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is the latest Supreme Court intervention in the American culture…
Shadow Show
In the last fifty years, Artemisia Gentileschi has risen to new eminence. She originally gained fame among…
Foster Care Fanaticism in Philadelphia
Like all major American cities, the City of Philadelphia contracts with private non-profit organizations to provide foster…
The Welby Pontificate
As an Anglican reading Ross Douthat’s To Change the Church, I could not help but notice how…
The Dark Secret of Saint Mary’s College
I was recently present for a troubling exchange between two professors at my university, St. Mary’s College…
#BillHybelsToo?
The multiple recent allegations of sexual impropriety lodged against megachurch pastor Bill Hybels are provoking heated discussion…
The Sex Education We Need
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexualityby nancy pearceybaker books, 336 pages, $22.99 Love…
When the F-Word Is Sadly Appropriate
My father—who could swear with the best of them—always told me that use of the f-word was…
Summer’s Last Sting
Culture has odd ways of supplying spontaneous correctives, even when the vanguard of a cultural wave or…
Parsing the “T”
About five years ago, a friend took her son with her when she went to a beauty…
