by Helen Alvaré
July 16, 2012 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.
Against what social science tells us about human happiness, the government is promoting sexualityism–a commitment to uncommitted, unencumbered, inconsequential sex–as the answer. (more…)
by Helen Alvaré
First published February 23, 2012, at thepublicdiscourse.com.
Lawmakers must look past the “equality versus religious freedom” standoff, and consider the substantive merits of each particular case. (more…)
by Helen Alvaré
December 6, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.
The Supreme Court was more right than it knew during the past two centuries as it identified the state’s interest in marriage as children and their formation. The first in a two-part series. (more…)
by Helen Alvaré, Gerard V. Bradley and O. Carter Snead
September 26, 2011 at thepublicdiscourse.com.
A recent rule issued by the Obama administration threatens our nation’s healthcare by attacking the consciences of our nation’s healthcare providers. (more…)
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by Helen Alvaré
This article was originally published at ThePublicDiscourse.com on July 25, 2011.
The new, pro-contraceptive recommendations by the Institute of Medicine endanger the health and well-being of women.
Richard John Neuhaus once commented that the “philosophes” of the French Revolution would turn over in their graves to discover how the Catholic Church had become the chief defender of the place of reason in the public square in the late 20th century. Today in the 21st century it is the feminist revolutionaries of the 1960s who are squirming in their rocking chairs as the Catholic Church dares to defy “the establishment” to stand for the freedom of women and of conscientious objection to federal mandates. (more…)
