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The organizer of the Gender-Symposium argues that the attack on gender ideology from Catholic circles is ideological, generalized, and misses the point. The Gender-Symposium conference was organized by Catholic Viennese theologian Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel, professor of ethics at the University of Vienna . In an interview with the Austrian Catholic News Agency , Kathpress.at, Prüller-Jagenteufel explained that the intention of the conference was to show that the criticism of gender ideology from Catholic circles is not valid. “The argument that the critical questioning of gender role is an ideologically motivated attack of Christian-Western values and institutions comes to nothing,” the professor said. “‘Anti-genderism’ bases itself on generalizations that are untenable: that gender is just a social construct, that heterosexual relations are supposed to be dissolved, and that the tradition family is in danger of being destroyed.” Prüller-Jagenteufer criticized how gender

Up until now, I’ve used only secular arguments involving logic, reason, and experience to address the issue of same-sex marriage. That’s how I first came to think about the issue. But  as I explained at  Public Discourse  last year , once I began thinking, reasoning , and examining my life, an extraordinary thing happened: I couldn’t stop. Reason led me to acknowledge natural law , which led me to begin rejecting some of my former ways of thinking and acting. Reason then led me to recognize God . I am now a Christian , and even though I am same-sex attracted—or, more likely,  because  I am same-sex attracted—I marvel at the extraordinary significance of marriage in God’s eternal plan. Marriage is under siege because it stands at the heart of the Good News of the Gospel. I am neither a philosopher nor a theologian, and I possess no advanced degree , but I try to be an informed observer and reasoning contributor as best I can. As a former apologist for the sexual revolution, an

While the Bible does address homosexuality, it does not explicitly mention gay marriage/same-sex marriage. It is clear, however, that the Bible condemns homosexuality as an immoral and unnatural sin. Leviticus 18:22 identifies homosexual sex as an abomination, a detestable sin. Romans 1:26-27 declares homosexual desires and actions to be shameful, unnatural, lustful, and indecent. First Corinthians 6:9 states that homosexuals are unrighteous and will not inherit the kingdom of God. Since both homosexual desires and actions are condemned in the Bible, it is clear that homosexuals “marrying” is not God’s will, and would be, in fact, sinful. Whenever the Bible mentions marriage, it is between a male and a female. The first mention of marriage, Genesis 2:24 , describes it as a man leaving his parents and being united to his wife. In passages that contain instructions regarding marriage, such as 1 Corinthians 7:2-16 and Ephesians 5:23-33 , the Bible clearly identifies marriage as bei

Springsteen, Bryan Adams back LGBT campaign, cancel concerts in North Carolina , Mississippi usicians Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams cancelled planned shows in North Carolina and Mississippi this week over the states’ bathroom privacy and religious freedom laws. Springsteen cancelled his April 10 appearance in Greensboro, NC in protest of the state’s new law requiring people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex.  In a  statement  on his website, the singer announced: North Carolina has just passed HB2, which the media are referring to as the “bathroom” law…To my mind, it’s an attempt by people who cannot stand the progress our country has made in recognizing the human rights of all of our citizens to overturn that progress. Right now, there are many groups, businesses, and individuals in North Carolina working to oppose and overcome these negative developments. Taking all of this into account, I feel that this is a time for me and the band to

Pope Benedictus XVI (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) After more than a year’s silence on the part of the Holy See , France has finally acknowledged this silence as its normal diplomatic way of rejecting a country’s appointed ambassador. Laurent Stefanini has just been named as France’s ambassador to UNESCO , the Paris-based agency of the United Nations for education, science and culture, ending a long stretch as chief of protocol of the president of the Republic . The coveted position of ambassador of France to the Holy See will most probably remain vacant until the end of François Hollande’s presidential mandate next year. So ends a lengthy and confusing saga in which Pope Francis is said to have intervened personally in order to prevent the acceptance of Laurent Stefanini’s credentials because of the diplomat’s “homosexuality.” Laurent Stefanini had the backing of the archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Vingt-Trois – who confirmed him in 1998 shortly after he converted to the Cathol

A federal appeals court overturned a district judge's ruling on Thursday, and declared that same-sex "marriage" in Puerto Rico is constitutional. In 1999, Governor Pedro Rosselló signed into law a bill defining marriage as "a civil contract whereby a man and a woman mutually agree to become husband and wife."  Attempts failed, however, in 2008 and 2009 to put the definition of marriage in Puerto Rico's Constitution as a union between a man and a woman, and to outright ban same-sex "marriages." A groundswell of  popular support for natural marriage  culminated in between 120,000 and 200,000 people demonstrating at the San Juan's Capitol Building in February 2013. In March 2014, a lesbian couple from Massachusetts filed a legal complaint, seeking recognition of their "marriage," which was solemnized in the states. U.S. District Court Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez ruled against the lesbians and upheld Puerto Rico law in Octo

British TV host Piers Morgan has been investigated and cleared of improper behaviour during an aggressive on-air interview in which he accused fired magistrate Richard Page of “ homophobia ” several times because of his Christian view of marriage . Informed of the decision by LifeSiteNews while holidaying in Germany, Page said, “It doesn’t bother me, after all the aggravation I’ve had over this. But he [Morgan] really wasn’t interested in hearing my side. I think he just kept saying, ‘You’re homophobic’ over and over because he couldn’t think of what other questions to ask.” Morgan, the co-host of ITV’s Good Morning Great Britain, was interviewing Page after the magistrate of 15 years was suspended a year ago and then, last month, fired outright by the government for comments to other judges and then to the BBC about a child custody case. He told the BBC: “Because a baby comes from a man and a woman it made me think that the child would be better off with a father and a m

Three Spanish bishops are telling the faithful that a law passed recently by the Spanish province of Madrid that requires school bathrooms and dressing rooms to allow opposite-sex “transgender” students is “unjust” and therefore “obligates no one in conscience.” The transgender law is an “iniquitous” one that “gravely assaults the fifth commandment of the law of God , and facilitates the violation of the sixth and ninth commandments,” the bishops write in a joint declaration issued late last month. The law, according to the bishops, reflects a “totalitarian way of thinking: the absolutization of the will that seeks to be the only creator of the human person,” and warn that society is being subjected to “a totalitarian authority that, in the name of liberty, seeks to abolish any moral norm that impedes the rule of absolute freedom of technology.” Madrid ’s new “ Law of Identity and Gender Expression and Social Equality and Non-Discrimination”  declares  that “Every person