First Links – 08.10.11

Contraception and Healthcare Rights
Public Discourse , Christopher O. Tollefsen

Mormonism and Mitt Romney’s “Weirdness”
New York Times , Ross Douthat

New York City Will Mandate Sex Education
New York Times , Fernanda Santos

Life in Prison For Polygamist Leader Jeffs
Associated Press

John Lennon and the Jews
The Jewish Daily Forward , Hillel Halkin

We’re Arguing Definitions, Not Rights
Evangel, Amy Hall

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