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Is America a Christian Nation?

The current question at "On Faith," sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine, is this: Some politically conservative Christians say that America is "a Christian nation," and at this time of year, with the country saturated with Christm ...

December 13, 2006

Is Morality Relative When It Comes to Relatives?

The Office of the Vice President of the United States announced last week that Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, is expecting a baby. The official word came from Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for the Vice President. The spokeswo ...

December 12, 2006

Thank God for Testosterone? Confusion About Christian Manhood

The Christian church is experiencing a crisis with men. The statistics tell the story. The church has been feminized in style and the manly virtues are depreciated. Christianity -- a faith predicated on truths for which brave men were willing to die ...

December 11, 2006

“This is Something We Hadn’t Fully Thought Through, Frankly”

Just a month ago, the New York City Board of Health announced plans to let persons change the sex on their birth certificate -- even without a sex-change operation. The proposal was seen as a major advance for those seeking to separate gender from bi ...

December 8, 2006

No, No, and Yes — Take Your Choice?

As widely anticipated, the Conservative branch of American Judaism "settled" the issue of homosexual rabbis and the blessing of same-sex unions by adopting contradictory positions and allowing local synagogues to choose between three options. The mo ...

December 8, 2006

The Mommy Wars Revisited

Beliefnet.com has published a debate of sorts on the "mommy wars." Linda Hirshman, author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World, returns in a lengthy interview to her argument that women who stay home to care for children are "letting do ...

December 7, 2006

A Sit-In at the Altar?

It seems that some heterosexual couples are refusing to get married, claiming that it would be unjust to marry while same-sex couples are "denied" the same right. The New York Times reports that the protest is spreading among some young couples. "Wh ...

December 6, 2006

Are Yes and No Both “Living Options?” — Not When the Bible Answers the Question

The Conservative Jewish movement is poised to redefine its position on the moral status of homosexuality, especially as related to the ordination of homosexual rabbis and the blessing of homosexual unions. A panel of rabbis will meet December 5 and ...

December 5, 2006

When the Gender Line Isn’t Clear?

The New York Times ran a major article on transgender children on December 2, adding considerable visibility to an issue that had, until recently, hardly been mentioned in public. [See my article of October 18, 2006, "Gender Confusion in the Kinderga ...

December 4, 2006

The Credibility Question

Is Christianity in America losing its credibility? Oliver "Buzz" Thomas obviously thinks so. In his view, Christianity is losing credibility because so many Christians believe that homosexuality is a sin. He doesn't mince words. In an op-ed column p ...

December 1, 2006