Anderson.SwordsNot shields Anderson, Ryan T., Shields, Not Swords (March 21, 2018). National Affairs, Number 35, Spring 2018. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3141908 If an anti-discrimination policy is needed in a certain context to protect citizens from mistreatment that hampers their full participation in civil society, such policies ought to be understood as shields, not swords. Any…
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/upload/Open-Letter-from-Religious-Leaders-Dec-15-2017.pdf December 15, 2017 Dear Friends: As leaders of various communities of faith throughout the United States, many of us came together in the past to affirm our commitment to marriage as the union of one man and one woman and as the foundation of society. We reiterate that natural marriage continues to be invaluable…
http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/09/01/cardinal-sarah-critiques-fr-james-martin-on-homosexuality/ quoting / republishing https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-catholics-can-welcome-lgbt-believers-1504221027 as a critique of Martin’s Building a Bridge book: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Bridge-Relationship-Compassion-Sensitivity/dp/0062694316 with response: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/08/31/cardinal-sarah-offers-critique-lgbt-book-father-james-martin-responds
https://avemarialaw-international-law-journal.avemarialaw.edu/Content/ILJ/articles/Piotr%20MazurkiewiczCatholicContributions.pdf Facing the risk of a communication deadlock, the Church, rather to propose the renewal of theological language, which would explain the world in a complete and at the same time understandable manner, took over the terminology proposed by the world. Instead of the proposal of a new great theological narrative, she made her own…
