Same-Sex "Marriage" in Holland: Is the Sky Falling?

Posted: Sunday, April 1, 2001
At the stroke of midnight on Sunday morning, April 1st, the Mayor of Amsterdam will begin a mass same-sex ‘wedding’ at the Town Hall.  [Full Story]

Justice for Marriage

Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2001
Marriage is suddenly "in" again-at least rhetorically and culturally. Yet even as most Americans believe that marriage uniquely contributes to the common good, not all Americans talk about marriage in the same way. Indeed, things are far beyond talk-they have progressed to all-out combat in courts and legislatures all across America to reaffirm or to redefine this most basic of social institutions.  [Full Story]

Beyond Baker: The Case for a Vermont Marriage Amendment

Posted: Friday, December 1, 2000
Vermont is getting a lot of attention because its Legislature created civil unions. Yet civil unions are the result of Baker v. State, a case that is about marriage. How do these relate?   [Full Story]

Marriage in Massachusetts

Posted: Monday, June 7, 1999
They didn't think it could happen in Massachusetts, home to virtually every gay-friendly public policy found in America. Not here, where public school students are bused to Gay/Straight Youth Pride Day rallies at the state capitol, and the "religious Right" is just the figment of an overheated imagination.  [Full Story]

'Homosexual Marriage': Arguments Are Shaky

Posted: Sunday, February 21, 1999
The ongoing debates over the legislation of ‘homosexual marriage' inevitably lead to a very basic question: Does marriage require man and a woman? It would seem to be an easy question. The Second Vatican Council speaks of marriage as a "whole manner and communion of life" which includes both mutual love and openness to new life (Gaudium et Spes, 51).  [Full Story]

Some States Aim to Guard Marriage

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 1999
Can "homosexual marriage" be stopped?  The first part of this series, published Feb. 7, explained how the campaign for "homosexual marriage" is an effort to redefine marriage while avoiding the democratic process. Yet the people are not mute. Their elected representatives have responded vigorously to this challenge, and Catholics have been an important part of the story.  [Full Story]

Options Loom in Vermont's Homosexual 'Marriage' Case

Posted: Thursday, January 28, 1999
In the legal battles over homosexual "marriage." Vermont is ground zero. The five members of the Vermont Supreme Court are weighing the latest appeal of a 1997 challenge three homosexual couples made to the s marriage laws. The decision, due sometime this year, could set off ripple effects in other states.  [Full Story]

The Marriage Amendment Vote

Posted: Friday, November 13, 1998
If anybody was really wondering whether the people of Hawaii wanted to legalize "same-sex marriage," they got their answer on election day. By 69 to 31 percent, voters approved this amendment to the Hawaii state constitution: "The legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples." The "marriage amendment" is finally part of the highest law of the land.  [Full Story]

Voters Finally Get a Say on Same-Sex Marriage

Posted: Monday, November 2, 1998
Tomorrow, voters in Hawaii and Alaska decide whether to amend their constitutions to prevent "same-sex marriage"from being legalized by court decree. These crucial votes will either reaffirm or redefine marriage.   [Full Story]

"The Loving Analogy" in Action

Posted: Thursday, October 1, 1998
What exactly is the Loving analogy? The answer is more complex than it might appear. It can be formulated in different ways, ranging along a spectrum from somewhat friendly to outright hostile. The difference in the formulations becomes more evident if the analogy is presented sequentially.  [Full Story]