For Archbishop Welby, confirming traditional moral teaching is not a question of truth, but of practicality and prudential policy— considerably diminishing the moral significance of his letter.
Hélène de Lauzun —
LGBT
The aspersions are not likely to end the matter, as six anti-homophobia associations have announced that they have filed a complaint against Caroline Cayeux, who—for the moment—remains in office.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Noting the ongoing concern about female athletes being edged out by their transgender peers, FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said that “we have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions.”
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
A 42-year-old Iranian-Norwegian man has been arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorist acts following a shooting in Oslo which resulted in two deaths and 21 injuries.
Robert Semonsen —
To understand this case, it is helpful to read this passage carefully. It shows how counter-cultural the Bible can be for 21st century Westerners.
Todd Huizinga —
Many of the architects of the sexual revolution made their case for the abuse of children openly, and they were embraced by the elites, lionized by the press, and heralded as courageous thinkers.
Jonathon Van Maren —
The Church of Scotland has adopted the language of transgender activism in its rhetoric.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The Czech Republic had tried to authorize same-sex marriage between 2018 and 2021 without success. This time, conditions are more favourable.
Hélène de Lauzun —
A group of distinguished interdisciplinary scholars who bridge disparate disciplines of neuroscience, child & adolescent psychiatry, biochemistry, behavioral physiology, and politics & public administration, have lambasted German state television for promoting destructive anti-scientific propaganda to young children.
Robert Semonsen —
The Belgian health minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, reported that the cases identified so far were “mostly among men who have sexual contact with other men.”
Sven R. Larson —
The latest reports of monkeypox infections sent a scare through Europe. But the mounting evidence seems to indicate that the infections have mostly been transmitted via sexual contact between men. Nevertheless, some are calling for vaccinations already.
David Boos —
In a statement first released by Tichys Einblick, Cardinal Gerhard Müller addresses the harm the LGBT ideology causes in children and young adults, calling out its “totalitarian position of power in politics” and reaffirming the existence of two sexes as God’s creation.
David Boos —
The “Lex Czarnek” takes the form of an amendment to the General Education Act. It not only addresses the issue of LGBT propaganda, but also changes the authority relations within the Polish education system.
Hélène de Lauzun —
German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, has cautioned against the Church’s increasingly firm embrace of the Left’s secular progressivism and ‘wokism.’
Robert Semonsen —
Liberty for All: Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age
by Andrew T. Walker
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2021
Todd Huizinga —
Spokesman Simon Calvert of The Christian Institute called the ECHR ruling “the right result.” He applauded the UK Supreme Court, which, in 2018, had “engaged at length with the human rights arguments in this case and upheld the McArthurs’ rights to freedom of expression and religion.” He called the ECHR ruling “good news for free speech, good news for Christians, and good news for the McArthurs.”
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
Once lauded as the exemplar of children’s literature and cinema, the Harry Potter series is now the subject of repeated condemnations that tarnish its image.
Hélène de Lauzun —
Speaking to the press after the verdict was delivered, Harry Miller said: “By framing reality, inquiry and dissent as prejudice, bigotry and hate, the College of Policing has failed to protect the liberty that used to be taken for granted by the citizens of this great nation.”
Bridget Ryder —
Growing capital formation and a rising standard of living are irrefutable evidence of how the Hungarian government is successfully putting its conservative values to work. With a distinctly conservative welfare state, Mr. Orbán has led his country out of a demographic slump. Marriage and birth rates are up noticeably, which is precisely what the Hungarian government was aiming for.
Sven R. Larson —
The three parties (SPD, Greens, FDP) that form new Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government have long opposed the current rules, but were hampered by the center-right Union bloc of ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, which is now in opposition.
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
The Court of Justice declared that member countries are “free to decide whether or not to allow marriage and parenthood for persons of the same sex under their national law.” But the Court ruled that Bulgaria had to recognize the child’s Spanish birth certificate and issue an ID.
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
‘Misogyny’ and ‘hate’ are already nebulous, elastic terms. How to legislate justice for these offenses raises concerns over how such legislation would affect freedom of speech.
Tristan Vanheuckelom —
Jorge Buxadé MEP, head of VOX’s Delegation in the European Parliament, has called for the immediate dismissal of Riccardo Simonetti from his role as the parliament’s ‘LGBTQ Ambassador,’ after Simonetti posed as a ‘transgender’ Virgin Mary.
Robert Semonsen —
Progressives believe that the right-wing populists must be destroyed. Not because populists are smashing norms; it is because they are, in many cases, defending the norms that progressives are busy dismantling.
Jonathon Van Maren —
October once more brought us that festival called in the United States Columbus Day, in much of Latin America the Dia de la Raza, and in Spain, the feast of Hispanidad. Call it what you will, it commemorates the day upon which Christopher Columbus—Genoese sea captain in the service of Their Most Catholic Majesties Ferdinand […]
Charles A. Coulombe —
The issue here is not Eastern Europe vs. Western Europe, or even traditionalist Europe versus progressive Europe. The issue is preserving real cultural diversity within a European Union.
Brandon Zicha, Joes Gordon de Natris —
Post-Soviet countries have experienced their fair share of socialist utopia and have decided they do not want any more of it. But in the West, socialist movements like BLM are gaining ground.
Daria Fedotova —
The European Commission launched three proceedings against Hungary and Poland over what it sees as violations of fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ people, leaving Budapest and Warsaw two months to respond to its concerns, Euractiv.com reports. The Commission said it considers Budapest’s new controversial legislative bans on “promoting or portraying” homosexuality or sex reassignment to minors […]