At the New York Times “Room for Debate”: The point is not so much sacrifice as recalibration: not giving something up, so much as embracing something in its stead. You don’t need to believe in God in order to believe in the need for self-improvement — although it certainly helps to have a community, religious […]
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. At the Family Scholars blog, John participated in a forum on “Advice for the New Marriage Conversation,” David Blankenhorn’s initiative to move past the same-sex marriage debate to a common-ground effort strengthening marriage. From his post: Good conversations involve both talking and listening. The marriage conversation, especially when focused on “gay marriage,” has involved
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From my New Year’s column: 2013 should also be a time to explore more deeply the significance of marriage: Now that we have it (in 9 states and counting), what should we do with it? What does it mean to aspire to it? What does a healthy marriage culture look like, and how can LGBT
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My latest at HuffPo, on coming out of the closet a bit later in life: Perhaps the most important lesson is that people come out at all ages….It’s not as if the popularity of Glee means that, from now on, all LGBT folk will come out as teens, surrounded by a supportive, talented and ridiculously
Just posted a piece at The New Republic in response to our game-changing victories in the four states with marriage votes: It is one thing for the state to allow you to marry, and quite another for your parents to show up at your wedding and be happy for you. Both are significant…. The election
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My take on the D’Souza affair: Last week, the conservative luminary Dinesh D’Souza resigned as president of The King’s College, a New York City evangelical school, after it was revealed that he brought his mistress to a Christian conference, apparently shared a room with her, and introduced her as his fiancée — even though he was still
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Evangelical blogger Matthew Lee Anderson and I weigh in at TNR on the Chick-Fil-A wars.
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Longtime opponent David Blankenhorn changes position on gay marriage. My take, here.
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Mark Regnerus’s new study, which purports to show significant differences between children raised in same-sex households and those raised in two-parent biological families, does no such thing. Here’s why. Update: Maggie Gallagher’s Reply, and My Rejoinder.
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First published at Between the Lines News on October 20, 2011 I was in San Francisco when I received the news, about to go on stage to deliver a National Coming Out Day lecture. A friend texted me: “Frank Kameny passed away today.” The godfather of the gay rights movement was felled by a heart
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