Physical Interventions on the Bodies of Children to “Affirm” their “Gender Identity” Violate Sound Medical Ethics and Should be Prohibited
Rather than teaching children to identify based on how well they fit prevailing cultural expectations on sex, we should be teaching them that the truth of their sexual identity is based on their bodies, and that sometimes cultural associations attached to the sexes are misguided or simply too narrow. There is a wonderfully rich array of ways of expressing one’s embodiment as male or female.
Immoral Conduct and Moral Witness
Does the sexual depravity of Martin Luther King, Jr. negate his work and witness in the cause of racial justice?
The Soul: Not Dead Yet
The traditional philosophical and theological concept of the soul allows us to integrate what the empirical sciences reveal with what we know about ourselves as rational and moral beings.
Liberty and SOGI Laws: An Impossible and Unsustainable “Compromise”
Big Business and Big Law are using Big Government to impose their cultural values on small businesses and ordinary Americans. Indiana does not need to create new laws on sexual orientation or gender identity for people who identify as sexual minorities to be treated justly. The best way to protect all Hoosiers is for Indiana not to adopt a SOGI policy at all.
Marco Rubio Is Right: The Life of a New Human Being Begins at Conception
Senator Rubio is on the firmest possible scientific ground when he says that science shows that the child in the womb, from the very point of successful fertilization, is indeed a human being.
Now Is the Time to Talk About Religious Liberty
Religious liberty is precisely what allows a pluralistic society to live together in peace.
Natural Law and the Unity and Truth of Sexual Ethics: A Reply to Gary Gutting
Catholic sexual ethics are as fully reasonable today as they were in the time of St Paul. In fact, the natural law understanding of human fulfillment is inherently intelligible even without a theistic framework.
President Obama’s Dishonest and Unconstitutional De-Authorization
President Obama’s “authorization” request is designed to curtail existing legal authority to wage war on ISIL and to handcuff future presidents in the exercise of their constitutional authority as commander in chief.
Contrasting Views of Marriage: Civil Debate on a Serious Issue
Although we disagree with each other about the nature of marriage, we are united in the conviction that it is an issue on which reasonable people of good will can and do reach divergent conclusions.
What Makes a Marriage? Love, Sex, or Comprehensive Union
Prof. Charles Reid thinks love makes a marriage. He claims we think sex makes a marriage. In truth, comprehensive union makes a marriage. And getting marriage right matters for everyone.
The Supreme Court, You and Me, and the Future of Marriage
What happened yesterday at the courthouse matters, and we must keep up our witness to the truth about marriage, by word and deed, until it is safely beyond judicial overreach.
Morals and Mandates
Morality is not about keeping as long a leash as you can on the harms you cause. It is about keeping upright intentions and rejecting unfair tradeoffs—neither of which Obama’s proposed revision even pretends to affect.
Marriage and Procreation: Avoiding Bad Arguments
Defenders of conjugal marriage must be careful to not obscure the true nature of marriage—and the state’s true interest in promoting it.
Marriage and Procreation: The Intrinsic Connection
There is an intrinsic link between marriage and procreation, but this does not mean that infertile couples cannot really be married.
Does Marriage, or Anything, Have Essential Properties?
A reply to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman’s second critique of “What is Marriage?”
Marriage: No Avoiding the Central Question
A reply to NYU Law Professor Kenji Yoshino’s second critique of “What is Marriage?”
Marriage: Real Bodily Union
A response to FamilyScholars Blogger Barry Deutsch.
Marriage: Merely a Social Construct?
A response to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman.
