The sexes

Contemporary liberal theory, as it applies to marriage, tells us that our lives are constituted by our desires and marriage restricts our desires. The necessary conclusion is that marriage is made in hell:

Consider, for instance, the endless regulations and interdictions that provide the texture of domestic coupledom. Is there any area of

The British Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement is calling on the Home Secretary to bar the Anglican primate of Nigeria, a leading opponent of the confirmation of New Hampshire bishop-elect Gene Robinson, from entering Britain on the ground that he might “incite the hatred of gay people.” Meanwhile, in Canada, The Toronto Star… More ...

Here’s what happens to government “pro-marriage” initiatives: Stop wasting marriage money!. Funds allocated by the British government to “strengthen the institution of marriage” are being given to gay and lesbian groups, organizations that provide contraception and abortion referrals for teenagers, and organizations for the divorced and separated. Not, one supposes, what the proponents had … More ...

This is bloody, sordid and freakish, but it suggests the logic of the principles now accepted: transvestite murder treated as hate crime. A man paid a prostitute for services and killed the prostitute when he found out it was a man. A representative of something called the “gay and lesbian liaison unit” at the … More ...

List-keepers are one thing that makes Freerepublic sometimes useful. Here, for example, is a list of links relating to the homosexual agenda. It should always be possible to find the most recent version of the list through “scripter,” the member who maintains it.

The International Organizations Research Group, the new research arm of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), has released its first report, The United Nations Children’s Fund: Women or Children First? (available in full in *.pdf).

Unfortunately, it’s feminists and not women or children who come first at UNICEF today. … More ...

Human relations are particular. I form connections to X, Y and Z based on their (and my) goals, qualities and situations. Such things vary endlessly, so human relations vary endlessly as well, in ways that can’t be controlled or even defined in any comprehensive way.

Liberals believe in nondiscrimination and inclusion. Nondiscrimination and inclusion forbid … More ...

There are some good comments on daycare at the Touchstone magazine blog that were touched off by a Rich Lowry comment on a new book. It’s an issue that should get more attention. The goal of modern public life is the abolition of the social function of every social institution other than bureaucracy and the … More ...

We were told that if we’d be rational about sex, get rid of moralistic hang-ups, and accept individual differences, then joy, health and freedom would reign. Apparently, that hasn’t happened: New Anglican Sex Scandal. A number of women are claiming that they were terribly damaged by sexual contact with Anglican clergymen who were either … More ...

A few stirrings of opposition to the new sexual order:

• People are noticing that single-sex education is actually better for boys, too. Let boys be boys, it seems, and you can lead them to become better boys. They’re more likely, for example, to develop cultural interests, and to grow up able to deal with