"Just" Your Conscience
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, November 16, 2009
My hometown’s City Council is poised to shut down many Catholic charities within the District of Columbia’s borders.
It’s doing so through a measure with the Orwellian title the “Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009.”
The proposed law does preserve the right of religious groups not to provide goods, services or facilities in violation of their religious beliefs.
Unless... READ MORE
How Could It Hurt?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Prof. Hadley Arkes has a nice piece on same-sex marriage over at The Catholic Thing.
Particularly valuable is his refutation of the argument, frequently heard, “How does my relationship hurt your marriage?”
The main point is that the law is a moral teacher. Anything which is “a right” it is wrong to oppose. And therefore acknowledging a “right” to same-sex marriage is precisely the same act as declaring... READ MORE
Stumbling Onto The Truth
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Signatures are being collected for a ballot initiative to ban divorce in California.
The move is entirely sarcastic, as the accompanying t-shirt indicates.
Behind it is a homosexual activist who wishes to showcase the hypocrisy of defenders of one man, one woman marriage. He is “retaliating,”
as he sees it, for Proposition 8.
It is sad to see how much this gentleman actually hates marriage as an institution (note the come on for the t-shirt at the link).
Yet, as we have discussed previously, he’s stumbled onto a truth, hasn’t he?
No Family, No Peace
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Weeks ago I promised a further look at this quotation from Pope Benedict XVI.
”...everything that serves to weaken the family based on the marriage of a man and a woman, everything that directly or indirectly stands in the way of its openness to the responsible acceptance of a new life, everything that obstructs its right to be primarily responsible for the education of its children, constitutes... READ MORE
Marriage Is The Maine Topic
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
My colleague Tim Drake has an update on an effort to “citzen veto” same sex marriage in Maine.
Here’s the first ad from a group called Stand for Marriage Maine.
On the same topic, but more broadly, here’s a column from Fr. Thomas Berg on the topic, occasioned by the introduction in our House of Representatives of a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
What is Marriage? Part I—body and soul... READ MORE
Mommy, What's A Lesbian?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
What do you do when your children befriend kids whose home life is significantly different than yours—in ways that could be harmful to your children?
Here’s a wonderful essay detailing how one Christian mom handled the issues posed when the child of lesbian neighbors came knocking.
First it will just break your heart—as in this exchange overheard between the new neighbor girl and the author’s own... READ MORE
Marriage & The Political Order
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
President Obama hosted a reception in honor of LGPT pride month Monday.
You should read his remarks—along with those made recently by former Vice President Cheney—on the subject.
They remind me I promised you a series of posts addressing different facets of the same-sex marriage debate.
In part one I argued that marriage defenders aren’t against anyone, they’re pro-marriage. In part two I pointed... READ MORE
Pseudo- Marriage, part II
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Friday, June 05, 2009
When I made the promise here to do a series of posts on same-sex marriage, I didn’t know the opportunity to go on a week-long silent retreat would arise shortly thereafter.
I don’t want to raise a whole can of worms when I’m not around to moderate.
But perhaps the following posts from Prof. Anthony Esolen can tide you over. He seems to have gotten the same idea as I and at the same time, and his posts are well worth reading (he may well be my favorite contemporary Catholic essayist).
You’ll recall that in the original post I linked to his Pseudogamy 101. Here are subsequent installments.
Pseudogamy 102,
Pseudogamy 103,
Pseudogamy 104
Pseudo Marriage
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Two weeks ago I highlighted Bishop Thomas Tobin’s educational and motivational column on same-sex marriage.
I admit I was surprised that several readers took the bishop to task saying they couldn’t see what the big deal was.
Originally I was going to respond in comments by linking to a couple of columns (here & here) I’ve written for the magazine on the topic and let it go.
But since the issue... READ MORE
‘Do Not Be Silenced’
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
When Miss California was asked her opinion of same-sex marriage during the Miss Universe contest April 19th, her answer was so tentative I couldn’t believe either side of the controversy that erupted.
Couldn’t believe supporters of same-sex marriage were offended; couldn’t believe marriage defenders lionized her as a heroine.
She said: “We live in a land where you can... READ MORE
