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June 2015

June 27, 2015

Because Jesus Said Plenty About Marriage, and Other Inconvenient Stuff Too…UPDATED

Hey y'all. Didn't you know that Jesus didn't say nothin about homosexuality in the Bible?...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Archbishop Kurtz: “Marriage is and always will be the union between one man and one woman.”

Today was the day oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges came before the Supreme Court...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

The 6th Circuit Court’s Wise Decision On Same-Sex Marriage

Just the other day I was joking on Facebook that I welcome our new judicial...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

This Thai Life Insurance Commercial “Gets” Marriage

To have and to hold, from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer,...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

N.T. Wright On Reality, Gay Marriage, And Being On The Wrong Side Of History

Over at First Things, Matthew Schmitz shared a video, and transcribed a rough draft of...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Cardinal Kasper’s Thoughts On Our Divorced And Civilly Remarried Brethren

Some folks are likely to play the "Good Cleric/Bad Cleric" game with Cardinal Kasper's comments...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Pope Francis Calls A Divorced Lady In Argentina And Says, “It’s Okay For You To Receive Communion?” UPDATED

And she's remarried? Yeah, I'll believe it when I see the press conference. From across...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Video: The Economics Of Sex, Sex, Sex, And More Sex

Got ten minutes? That's all it will take for the Austin Institute for the Study of...

February 14, 2014

“Since The Divorce Rate Is So High, Let’s Opt For 10 Year Long (Term Renewable) Marriages Instead!”

Seriously? I LOL'd. Nice try, Adriana Cohen, but you obviously have never been involved in...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Your Marriage Quote of the Year

This works both ways, I hope. When a guy is happily married, no matter...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

The Holy Goalie Fearlessly Skated Across The Thin Ice Of Same-Sex Marriage In Arizona

Within the community of St. Blogs, folks have been amazed by the witness given by...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

Marriage Equality: The Prosperous Pol vs. The Gay Pauper

I'm with the gay pauper on this one. And so is the Catholic Church. Think...

April 2013

April 10, 2013

Fr. Robert Barron on How Lame Popular Opinion Polls Are At Identifying Moral Truths…

The bottomline? It's all about the timing of the questions. And questions asked in the...

April 04, 2013

Ross Douthat, Writing on “Class, Culture, and the Decline of Marriage”

Justice Anthony Kennedy, during discussion of arguments for overturning California's Proposition 8, stated that same-sex...

April 03, 2013

“We Defend Traditional Marriage – and We’re Gay…”

is a Facebook page by a group of folks that could use your support. About...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

As the Same-Sex Marriage Question Heads to the SCOTUS…

Here is a snippet of the amicus brief of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. California’s...

March 22, 2013

In the Same-Sex Marriage Coverage, A Rare Example of Balanced Journalism

It's been pretty tough for supporters of traditional marriage to be able to get their...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Your Blogger is on the Wrong Side of Public Opinion, Just Like G.K. Chesterton

Just an F.Y.I. Good news, though. The Church is on the right side of history....

May 2012

May 14, 2012

The Golden Rule? Or Gilding the Lily?

Fellow Patheos blogger and philospher, Francis Beckwith on President Obama's misunderstanding of the one, while...