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Uphold Conscience Protection: Religious Freedom’s Contribution to the American Experience and Threats to its Survival

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Religious communities are an essential part of the fabric of America, even over and above the vital services they provide to weak and vulnerable members of our communities; we must protect their conscience rights against legal coercion.
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Defend Our Laws: Justice Matters

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In developing their positions on Supreme Court appointments and the Department of Justice, presidential candidates should 1) welcome the battle over the Supreme Court, 2) determine to fight hard for high-quality justices, 3) frame the argument for why abortion policy should be restored to the democratic processes, 4) support the Defense of Marriage Act, and 5) commit to select senior legal leaders who fully embrace their goals and priorities.
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Liberty, Justice, and the Common Good: Political Principles for 2012 and Beyond

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Introducing a Public Discourse symposium on the 2012 election.
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Overcoming the Obstacles to Faith-Based Approaches to Crime

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Prejudices of secular and religious groups alike stand in the way of successful crime reduction efforts.
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John Locke and the Inadequacies of Social Contract Theory

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John Locke is an illustration of how social contract theory distorts sound political reasoning.
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Contracepting Conscience

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The new, pro-contraceptive recommendations by the Institute of Medicine endanger the health and well-being of women.
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That’s Entertainment: Free Speech and the Moral Regulation of the Arts

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A recent Supreme Court case reveals a division amongst conservatives over the moral foundations of the law.
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Offense and Criticism in the Marriage Debates

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To take offense does not free us from further argument or criticism. Instead, offense demands ongoing criticism between partners in ethical discourse as a recognition of their fundamental human equality.
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The Caregiver’s Lesson

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Those who care for the severely disabled and dependent testify to our sense that they are part of the human community.
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Who’s Afraid of Metaphysics?

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Metaphysics provides the crucial foundation for natural law, and our current intellectual climate is ripe for embracing metaphysical foundations once again. The third in a three-part series.
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Moral Absolutes and the Humpty Dumpty Fallacy

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Acts are not made good or bad by our mere say-so. We must also examine the objective intention of our actions. The second in a three-part series.
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What Does it Mean to be a ‘Political Animal’?

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A notion of “social practice” should guide the way we think about morality and politics. The first in a three-part series.
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From Heels to Wheels: American Zoning Laws and the End of Western Public Space

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Zoning codes used to favor settlement patterns scaled for human beings. No longer.
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Did Pius XII Lie to Save Jews?

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A historian looks at how one man sought to serve both truth and love.
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Speaking Truth to Evil

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The Live Action case is very different from the Nazis-at-the-door problem, but lying is justified in neither situation.
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Saving Poetry from Ideology

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Not everything need be seen as ideological.
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Truth, Love, and Live Action

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The pro-life cause must be advanced by truth and by love, and it must be willing to engage in self-criticism when it fails to meet its own exacting standards.
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On Form and Flarf

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An appreciation for the naturalness of form can lead us back from the politicization of poetry.
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Repeal is Job #1

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Repealing health care is the next fight in the battle for life.
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Risk, Uncertainty, and Rule of Law

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An uncertain legal landscape puts future prosperity at risk.
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The Lazy Slander of the Pro-Life Cause

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Do pro-lifers care about life after birth?
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Marriage: Merely a Social Construct?

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A response to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman.
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Pro-Lifers and “Repeal and Replace”

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We need a healthcare law that is not only pro-life but that also addresses our healthcare system’s persistent problems and looming challenges.
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Abortion Law is Family Law

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Abortion law is usually seen as a matter of constitutional law. Is it time for that to change?
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