First Links—7.22.15

Utilitarian Arguments for the Family: A Recipe for Failure
Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative

Cuba and America: The End of an Estrangement
John Lee Anderson, The New Yorker

6 Things Christians Can Do About Same-Sex Marriage
Sean McDowell and John Stonestreet, The Gospel Coalition

Pope Francis Has Chosen Social Media Star Robert Barron for Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post

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