Sen. Tim Kaine’s Catholic bishop in Richmond, Va., has an answer for the Democratic vice presidential pick’s prediction that the Vatican will change its opposition to same sex marriage: Never. In a statement provided to Secrets, Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo said, Marriage is the only institution uniting one man and one woman with each other […]
When was the last time any of us read of a war being over? The War in Afghanistan? The Culture War(s)? The War on Poverty? For all we know, factions may still be seething over issues, such as they were, in the Thirty Years’ War or (we’ll raise you 70) the Hundred Years’ War. Source: […]
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Main Street columnist Bill McGurn says a new U.S. Civil Rights Commission report on nondiscrimination principles and religious liberty is so bad, it’s good—to know what people like Commission Chairman Martin Castro are thinking. Source: A Liberal ‘Gets’ Religion – WSJ
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine is predicting that the Roman Catholic Church may eventually change its opposition to gay marriage. Source: Kaine says Catholic Church might change on gay marriage | McClatchy DC
Ron Sider, James Dobson, and Sho Baraka make the best Christian case for each choice. Source: Clinton, Trump, or Neither? 3 Views on the 2016 Presidential Election | Christianity Today
This means that, for instance, ministers and church volunteers would have to call patrons by the patrons’ preferred pronouns, would have to suppress “derogatory” comments about transgender people, and more. Source: Massachusetts: Churches may be covered by transgender discrimination bans, as to ‘secular events’ – The Washington Post
Donald Trump’s candidacy appears to be undermining a decades-long alliance. Source: Evangelicals and conservative Catholics, who have voted together for decades, are splitting apart – The Washington Post
From Augustine’s critique of Roman culture in City of God, we can come to see that neither of our political parties are the guardians of biblical morality. Source: City of God and the Ends of American Politics – Christ and Pop Culture
The State Court of Appeals ruled that a nonadoptive, nonbiological caretaker of a child could be allowed to ask for custody and visitation rights. Source: New York’s Highest Court Expands Definition of Parenthood – The New York Times
