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    The liberationist philosophy underpinning Obama’s co-ed, gay-friendly military holds, on the one hand, that sexuality is inherently fixed and thus beyond the control of individuals, and on the other that sexuality is subject to re-shaping “through changes in culture.” The…

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    Feminists Attack But the Meek Will Conquer

    by Sean Fitzpatrick

    Belgian Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard was participating in a debate on blasphemy at the Free University of Brussels on April 23rd when he became the target of a blasphemy. Four topless women emerged from the attendees and mobbed the prelate, dousing…

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    Whither Goest Conservatism?

    by Stephen M. Krason

    A number of developments in the past month have put the spotlight squarely on the question, not too far back in people’s minds since last year’s election campaign, of what direction American conservatism is going to take in the foreseeable…

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    Mr. Cameron’s Unsatisfactory Response to the Mistreatment of Christians

    by Dr. William Oddie

    I see that Mr Cameron has tweeted that he is “delighted that principle of wearing religious symbols at work has been upheld.” The genial Eric Pickles said that he too is delighted. They were referring, of course, to the judgment…

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    Yet More Christians Silenced in Europe…and America

    by Austin Ruse

    Homosexual groups are celebrating in Europe this week as once more they have triumphed in a court of law over believing Christians. The European Court of Human Rights upheld decisions of British courts that had decided homosexual rights trump the…

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    Why Marriage Matters

    by Regis Martin

    It was, not so very long ago, widely regarded in this country as morally wrong and, not infrequently, socially ruinous, for a man to walk out on his wife and children.  In 1961, for example, Nelson Rockefeller, who was then…

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    The Soul-Crushing Scorched-Earth Battle for Gay Marriage

    by Robert Oscar Lopez

    How much is victory worth?  And after you win, if you win, what do you have to show for it? As these principles go with warfare, so they go with propaganda.  The Greek word polemos, “war,” led not to the…

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    Why “Gay Marriage” is Not Inevitable

    by Luis Tellez

    Election Day was a drubbing for marriage. The ballot initiatives to protect marriage lost by over 4% in Maine, Minnesota, Washington State, and Maryland. Those who support same-sex “marriage” reportedly spent over $33 million, while those who defend marriage spent…

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    Redefining Deviance: The Gay Assault on Franciscan University

    by Anne Hendershott

    The success that the gay community has achieved in shedding the “deviant” label has relied upon convincing the heterosexual world that homosexual behavior is perfectly normal. The recent uproar over a social work course titled “Deviant Behavior” at Franciscan University…

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    Tactics of Gay Lobby May Have Chilling Impact on Academic Freedom

    by Dr. William Oddie

    I want to be clear, at the outset, that this is not yet another blog about Catholic teaching on the morality of homosexuality, nor is it (except indirectly) one more defense of the traditional family. It’s partly (but again indirectly)…

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    “Gay Cure” Bans: Free to Choose, but Only One Choice Allowed?

    by Stephen Beale

    Remember the pill scene from the movie Matrix? Neo is offered a choice between a red and a blue pill. The red pill promises only the truth. The blue pill offers the blissful ignorance to the fact that he is…

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    The Ongoing Epidemic of HIV Among Gay Men

    by Dale O'Leary

    Suppose a prestigious medical journal published an issue on the negative health consequences of smoking, but rather than encouraging smokers to quit, the authors explained that health refers not only to the absence of disease, but also the possibility of…

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