Supreme Court Non-Action Paves Way for Same-Sex Marriage
Yesterday the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from five state legislatures regarding same-sex marriage. The non-action lets stand judicial rulings that struck down voter-approved traditional definitions of marriage in those states. Thus, as of Tuesday, same-sex...
Do Pro-Lifers Believe in Executing Abortionists?
Feminist Amanda Marcotte wrote an op-ed this week for USA Today in which she claims to have pro-lifers cornered: If they really believe abortion is murder, then they also believe anyone who has an abortion should be executed. If abortion is murder, then women who get...
Nevada School District Aims to Offer Sex Ed to 5 Year Olds
It feels like every week, what was once considered a fallacious "slippery slope" argument from traditionalists has actually become reality. From the revocation of religious liberty to codified transgenderism in public schools, moral insanity reigns. At...
Diversity or Conformity: A Choice to Make
Karen Swallow Prior has a must-read in The Atlantic about California State University’s recent decision to derecognize Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Advocates of religious liberty who haven’t been living under a rock for the past year will find her...
Marriage Matters in Economics, Too
Contemporary political discourse frequently speaks in divisions like “social issues,” “the economy,” and “foreign policy.” While not without truth, these highly demarcated categories can obscure the real way in which worldview and...
Web Roundup 9/17
Here are some noteworthy pieces from around the media and blogosphere: Commonwealth Policy Center announces endorsements for 2014 elections. “Battles For Eight Open Seats Could Determine Control of Kentucky House This Fall”—Lexington Herald...
Intervarsity and Gordon College Face Wrath of New Morality
The New Morality Police march on. Their latest prisoners: Intervarsity Fellowship and Gordon College. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship was stripped of its recognized student group status by every campus of California State University, simply on the grounds...
Multi-Billion Dollar Casino Closes in Two Years
You can’t always get what you want, sang Mick Jagger. Casino gamblers often learn this lesson at a high price. This time, however, it’s the business suits atop a casino that have lost. The Revel Casino Hotel has closed doors just two years after opening,...
Prominent Atheist: "Immoral" to Not Abort Down Syndrome Children
Richard Dawkins, arguably the most famous evolutionary biologist in the world right now, recently offered his perspective via Twitter on unborn babies that are diagnosed with Down syndrome. He responded to a question about what to do if an unborn child is determined...
Prominent Atheist: “Immoral” to Not Abort Down Syndrome Children
Richard Dawkins, arguably the most famous evolutionary biologist in the world right now, recently offered his perspective via Twitter on unborn babies that are diagnosed with Down syndrome. He responded to a question about what to do if an unborn child is determined...
