Same-Sex Marriage and Our New Religious Politics

by Mark Movsesian

More and more, one of our two major political parties is identifying itself as secular, and the other as religious. That’s a very bad thing for America. Continue Reading »

23 Jul 2015

The Amazon Smear

by Mark Bauerlein

Ryan Anderson’s new book Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom now has 157 comments at the Amazon page. The average rating in the “Customer Reviews” section is 3.5 stars out of 5, a score that would cast it as a middling effort in ordinary circumstances. But . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2015

More Americans Oppose Obergefell v. Hodges than Support It

by Fr. Dominic Bouck

A new Associated Press-Gfk poll, released on July 18, reveals that the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision to make same-sex marriage a constitutional right has not solved the deeper debate in this country, contrary to the media assertion that this is settled “law” and that everybody needs to . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2015

After Obergefell: Prospects, Predictions, Program

by Peter J. Leithart

The aftershocks of Obergefell will reverberate for a very long time, but what happens over the next few years will be critical. Here I speculate on the immediate political fallout and legal trajectory, and sketch the complexity of the necessary response from churches. Politically, Obergefell puts . . . . Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2015

Same-Sex Marriage and Heresy

by Ryan T. Anderson

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, many people have been wondering what do we do now. In my just-released book, Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom, I argue that the pro-marriage movement should take its cue from pro-lifers after Roe v. . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2015

How Gay Marriage Came to Ireland

by Catherine Kavanagh

Alexis de Tocqueville famously observed of revolutions that they were both inevitable and surprising, and this is no less true of the recent revolution in Ireland, which “Official Ireland” is now celebrating. Various explanations have been advanced both from those who welcome it and those who . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2015

The SCOTUS Ruling and the Integral Ecology of Laudato Si

by Nathan W. O’Halloran

We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we have created ourselves” (Laudato Si, 34).We have now had a couple weeks to breathe, and to begin to accustom ourselves to what can only be called a brand new reality. Never has a pope spoken . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2015

Ellen or Wojtyla? A Priest Decides

by Carl R. Trueman

A priest's op-ed provides a clear example of the problems faced by the Roman Catholic Church. Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2015

False Enlightenment at the Court

by Joshua Schulz

In Obergefell v. Hodges, Justice Kennedy has penned a decision of historic hubris and stupidity­—as both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Scalia argue in their dissents. The basis of the decision is a claim to special enlightenment (we shall not say “revelation”) about the meaning and . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Jul 2015

“Will anti-gay Christians be politically and socially ostracized? I sure hope so.”

by Fr. Dominic Bouck

How does someone go from giving a TED talk on civil debating to saying, “Will anti-gay Christians be politically and socially ostracized? I sure hope so.”? A lesson in (un)civil discourse. 
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6 Jul 2015