First Links — 5.18.12

Parsing the Latest Marriage Statistics
Mark Regnerus, Patheos

“Most of the Time I Am Alone with My Ritual . . . ”
Peter Berger, The American Interest

Is Romney’s “Mormon Problem” Exaggerated?
David Leonhardt, The Caucus

Desire and Capitalism—and Sexual Ethics
Cathleen Kaveny, dotCommonweal

Democracy’s Private Places
Philip Bess, Crisis

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