Mark Regnerus

The Soul-Crushing Scorched-Earth Battle for Gay Marriage

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…

Was the Regnerus Study on Gay Parenting Defective?

by Walter R. Schumm

In the July issue of the scholarly journal Social Science Research (SSR), Professor Mark Regnerus (pictured) published an article detailing initial results from his New Family Structures Study. His results suggested that adult children who had been raised, for at…

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)…

The Evidence is Coming In: The CDF was Right on Gay Parenting

by Dr. William Oddie

Earlier this year, in Faith magazine, I asked this question: “Are ‘gay rights’ now the most prominent defining issue delineating—at least in Europe and the US—the gulf between the Catholic Church and the modern world?” This was a rhetorical question…

The Latest Homosexualist Assault on the Catholic Church and the Need for a Counter-Offensive

by Stephen M. Krason

Franciscan University of Steubenville, where I have been a long-time faculty member, recently found itself again in the national news involving the culture wars—as it was during the summer when an aggressive atheist organization pressured the City of Steubenville, Ohio…

Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View

by Robert Oscar Lopez

Between 1973 and 1990, when my beloved mother passed away, she and her female romantic partner raised me. They had separate houses but spent nearly all their weekends together, with me, in a trailer tucked discreetly in an RV park…

Gay Marriage Advocates Use Political Intimidation to Stifle Research

by Karl D. Stephan

Because scientific progress depends so much upon how research is conducted and peer-reviewed, the matter of research integrity should be a concern for everyone. An acquaintance of mine, University of Texas sociology professor Mark Regnerus, has recently found himself in…