On the “Being a Woman” Argument in Abortion Debates
A male friend of mine recently had an argument with a woman about legal abortion. He opposed, and she favored.Continue Reading
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On Being a Zoo Animal
I never suspected I would become a zoo animal.
Winning the Culture Wars
There are two ways you can end a war: you can either destroy the enemy, or you can convert theContinue Reading
The Problem of “Catholics for Equality”
How can such incompatible beliefs as Catholicism and “pro-marriage-equality” be held within one person?
Newman, and the development of Catholic teaching on abortion and homosexuality
“… and old principles reappear under new forms. It [a great idea] changes with them in order to remain the same. In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” So goes the argument of Blessed John Henry Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Like any great idea, doctrine must change in order to remain the same. Only dead doctrine cannot change, for “a power of development is a proof of life.”
Losing to the Gay Rights Movement
It’s no secret that advocates of “traditional marriage” are losing to advocates of “marriage equality.”
From the archives: The Christian Menace
In October 1980, Dr. Ralph McInerny, one of my personal heroes, wrote an article for Notre Dame’s Scholastic Magazine. It isContinue Reading
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