Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Hoosiers Unite Against Connecticut!
There is only one reasonable response to Gov. Dannel Malloy’s executive order banning state-funded travel to Indiana.…
A Time for Testing
We’re in a moment of mass hysteria, one that vindicates Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s decision to sign…
Does Windsor Strengthen or Weaken Religious Pluralism? A Debate
Legal disputes over the definition of marriage—such as the recent U.S. v. Windsor case, which struck down the…
I Wanted That Kid Dead
My home state of Missouri is one of the most aggressive in carrying out the death penalty.…
John Wesley and Religious Liberty
Last year I wrote for First Things on John Wesley’s reaction to anti-Methodist riots in the mid-1700s as…
Of Human Dignity
The following address was given at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on March, 17 2015. Vatican II ended…
Natural Rights, The Imago Dei, and the Moral Economy of Sex
Remarks prepared for “Human Rights and the Sexualization of Culture,” the Fourth Annual Symposium of the Center for…
Why Louisiana Can’t Break the Confessional’s Seal
In January of this year, the U.S. Supreme court declined to intervene in a case in which…
Europe’s Euthanasia Craze
The case of Frank Van Den Bleeken—the Belgian murderer and rapist who requested to be euthanized rather…
The Historical Kevorkian
I am often asked for interviews by students who are writing papers about the assisted suicide issue.…
Now Is the Time to Invest in the Future
The recent news of GDP growth indicates that the United States has turned a corner, but that…
A Teacher’s Guide to Discussing Religion in the Classroom
While I was attending a professional development workshop for nearly two-hundred teachers several weeks ago, a particularly…
Religious Freedom and American History
Stephen Cox is Professor of Literature at the University of California-San Diego, editor of Liberty, a journal…
Seduced and Betrayed
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil? by paul bloom crown, 288 pages, $26 On a…
A Legal Perspective on the Marriage Pledge
Many of the responses to the Marriage Pledge from both sides of the divide on same-sex marriage have…
