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July 2015

July 09, 2015

2 Men Might Make a Lady, but Never a Woman

Colonel Pickering and Henry Higgins might have made a lady out of Eliza Doolittle, but...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

8 Things Catholics can “Do” to “Fix” Things

I really appreciated this piece by Father Robert Barron, which looks at past challenges of...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

SCOTUS asks if Marriage is a “Right”; Is it Something More?

I'm down with an illness that has rocked me with some high fevers, so posting...

April 02, 2015

RFRA Tempts Kristallnacht but Sane Voices Arising?

Well, America -- pitching between lunacy and sorrow -- seems to be reaching a tipping...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Blurred Lines: Religious Freedom and Indiana SB101

Melinda Selmys believes some lobbyists behind Indiana's SB 101 intend to blur important lines of...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Francis “Endorses Referendum” Denying Gay Marriage, Adoption

At yesterday's General Audience, Pope Francis -- greeting Slovak pilgirms, and apparently referencing an upcoming...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

4 Vital Conversations the Church Must Have Without Passion or Prejudice

Echo chambers can be very deceiving. You go into the same sites everyday -- the...

January 13, 2015

You Want Dignity? You Should Have It. So Should Everyone.

All day I had hoped to find time to respond to this piece by Frank...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Gay and Catholic: A Vital Book for Our Time

Over at the Patheos Book Club, they're talking about several interesting new titles -- it's...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

Relatio, OY! Problematic Paragraph 50! #Synod14

Yes, the language in paragraph 50 is troublesome, and fast-becoming notorious. Indeed, would homosexuals like...

October 13, 2014

Gradualism: Two More Thoughts on its Gravity #Synod14 – UPDATED

I: It is instructive, and a little depressing, to watch Catholic social media come alive...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Homosexuality, Celibacy and Partnership: An Awkward Question

Guest Blogger: BEN CONROY I don’t need to tell anyone that the Catholic Church’s relationship...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Chick-fil-A! Lay Thyself Toward the Idol or Be Damned!

When asked to define the greatest commandment, Christ Jesus answered: “You shall love the Lord,...

April 10, 2014

Brendan Eich, Refusenik to an Idea cum Idol *UPDATED

Some great stuff over at OSV this week, particularly this and this, but I wanted...

April 04, 2014

A Gay CEO with Balls Needs to Hire Eich and Halt this Crap

If the headline strikes some as offensive, it will nevertheless remain, because that's the case...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

On Finding a More Useful Word Than “Homophobia”

In my capacity as managing editor for the Catholic channel (and also as the anointed...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Cake and Hammers: Frank Underwood Has a Word for Kirsten Powers

Here we are, a bare week out of Lent, and the Christians are banging on...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Should “New Homophiles” Be Allowed their Stories?

I love this about Saint Thomas Aquinas, the great teacher, whose story reminds us that...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

I am “THE MOMMA BEAR of New Homophiles!” – UPDATED

I'm not even sure what that means, but I find being called "perhaps the Momma...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Will Leaving a Cash Tip Open Us Up to This Kind of Fraud? -UPDATED

Because my mother was a waitress who worked for mainly for tips, when my husband...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Why people hate people who call themselves Christians UPDATED

I just can't even: So, a server went to pick up a check after restaurant...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Sorry, *Gay or Straight Friends in Rome*, this is just Rude

Wait, let me get my eyeroll over with, in anticipation of all the people who,...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

Can Pro-and-Anti Gay Marriage People Co-exist?

Still stuck in my writer's block, the only way I could write a column this...

July 08, 2013

Everyday in Every Way the Days are Gay & Gay & Gay

That headline is too cute by half, and I know it, but given all the...

July 02, 2013

Antonin the Antagonist and the Politics of the Bad People! – UPDATED

My First Things column this week looks at the surprising way the words "liberal" and...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Obama says Church Consciences will Be Respected? – UPDATE

That would be surprising! Refreshing, too! Says Obama, today: On an issue as sensitive as...

June 26, 2013

Thoughts on DOMA and a Reaction Roundup! – UPDATES

My First Thought on hearing the big news might surprise you: In other words, "Keep...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

If Mom didn’t say we couldn’t…I guess we can!

That's adolescent reasoning, and of course, dishonest, but it's also the reasoning meant to buttress...

April 01, 2013

“The Church challenges all its members, in different ways over different issues.” Just like Life Itself

Two great reads for you as I head out to Adoration: 1) Sister Mary Ann...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Elizabeth Scalia: Intrinsically Disordered Human Being

So, basically, I realized something about myself over the last few days, and over at...