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A Treatise on Homosexuality, Part 5: On "Gay Marriage"
“Bob” writes: Throckmorton opposes gay marriage, and I presume you do as well; I’m still struggling with the question. You also indicate that you feel the government should get out of the marriage business. The latter is not a realistic expectation. Somebody has to keep…
Words Fail Me…
Among “animal rights” (for the uninitiated: animals no only do not have rights, animals by definition cannot have rights) these days is, apparently, the right to privacy. Words fail me…
A Treatise on Homosexuality, Part 4: A Question of Identity
Refresher (or intro, if this is your first visit to this series, in which case, I recommend highly that you visit the first three installments): “Bob”, a friend of mine, posed some questions to me about the subject of homosexuality, and I decided to attempt…
Winning the Debate
I wrote recently about Jennifer Knapp, a professing Christian musical artist who has come out as a lesbian—but who wants to still claim the name of Jesus. Now, Trevin Wax has posted an excellent piece on why, when we evangelicals debate this subject, we almost…
A Treatise on Homosexuality, Part 3: In the Image of God?
Part next in my series on homosexuality, written in response to the honest inquiry of a friend, whom I’ll call “Bob”, instead of his actual name, Aloysius. That’s a joke. Take a pill. “Bob” writes: For the moment, and I would ask you to bear…
The Psychology of Ugly Cars, or "In Defense of Minivans"
I didn’t realize until several years back that I was highly uncool, by virtue of the fact that I own a minivan. Now, I mostly drive my convertible these days—even though it’s an oldie (but not nearly vintage, of course), it’s still cool—but we own…