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Public Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage

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Senior citizens are less likely to support same-sex marriage than younger Americans, but that does not mean that they are anti-gay.
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Religion and Freedom

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Threats to religious freedom endanger the health of religious institutions, enfeebling rather than enlivening the moral content of our culture—a content that we all, believers and non-believers alike, rely upon to exercise our freedom.
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A Life of Passion: Progressive Eugenics and Planned Parenthood

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A new biography of Margaret Sanger fails to confront the Planned Parenthood founder’s ideological commitment to eugenics and population control.
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George McGovern’s Book of Un-Reckoning

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In his new book, George McGovern refuses to acknowledge his role in fusing a Democratic coalition of lifestyle liberals and the public costs this has entailed.
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No Intentional Killing of the Innocent: A Response to Miscamble and O’Brien

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The absolute prohibition of intrinsically evil acts is the limit on one’s positive obligations.
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Profiling and the Constitution

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Though racial and religious profiling offends our better feelings, it is nevertheless constitutional.
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God and Moral Absolutes

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If appeals to God get ruled out, either by disbelief in his existence or reluctance to rely upon it, then it isn’t possible to demonstrate that there are moral absolutes.
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The Least Evil Option: A Defense of Harry Truman

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Rather than simply denouncing Truman for his decision to employ the atomic bomb, his critics need to confront the harsh reality of war and seriously consider the lack of viable alternatives available to him.
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Against the Architects of Empire

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Contemporary architecture is profoundly anti-natural.
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Moral Absolutes and the Moral Life

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Moral absolutes are not “mere” restrictions on our actions. Nor should they be suspended even when upholding them might bring about grave consequences. They are essential for protecting human wellbeing.
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Protest and Reason

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In order to stop our present decline, we must transcend our natural tendency to retreat into factions and instead begin to sacrifice for the common good.
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Seven Billion Strong, and Counting

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Concern about overpopulation is unfounded; rather than implement population control policies, let’s invest in the human person.
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Pornography, Public Morality, and Constitutional Rights

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Every member of the community has an interest in the quality of the culture that will shape their experiences, their quality of life, and the choices effectively available to them and their children.
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Punishment: Political, Not Metaphysical

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The presumptive starting point in the natural law and, more specifically, Christian tradition is one of absolute opposition to intentional killing of beings created in the image of God, for which exceptions must be earned; but the traditional justifications for such exceptions fail.
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Punishment, Proportionality, and the Death Penalty: A Reply to Chris Tollefsen

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While not explicitly denying the principle of proportionality, Tollefsen implicitly rejects it, leaving his argument not only counterintuitive but incoherent.
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Down Syndrome Awareness Makes a Difference

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New research on Down syndrome presents an overwhelmingly positive picture of how Down syndrome can affect individuals and families. These findings need to be shared as they will affect decisions made to accept prenatal testing and following a prenatal diagnosis.
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Reflections of a Questioner: The Palmetto Freedom Forum Revisited

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The Judiciary doesn’t have the final word on the meaning of the Constitution, and Congress could step in to protect the 14th Amendment rights of the unborn.
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Capital Punishment, Dignity, and Authority: A Response to Ed Feser

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Nothing that a man does can change his nature as man, and so, considered in himself, it will always remain wrong to kill him. This should be the final judgment of practical reason when brought to bear on the question of capital punishment.
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In Defense of Capital Punishment

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If one accepts the legitimacy of punishment and the principle of proportionality, then it is impossible to claim that capital punishment is intrinsically wrong.
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Let’s Talk about Abortion: A Response to Dennis O’Brien

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Fetal killing imposes a serious bodily harm on an innocent human being. The law should prohibit abortion just as it does other serious harms to the well-being of persons, such as assault, rape, kidnapping, and theft.
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Locke, Metaphysics, and the Challenge of America

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John Locke is a deep cultural well from which we still can draw good water.
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My Guantanamo Experience: Support Interrogation, Reject Torture

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America should reject torture. This would reinforce our commitment to America’s founding values and support excellence in intelligence collection for the defense of our nation.
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Flogging: The Best Hope for Our Broken Prison System?

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A new book argues that flogging may be a more humane, efficient, and just punishment than incarceration.
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Protect the Weak and Vulnerable: The Primacy of the Life Issue

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Public officials—especially the President—are obligated to protect the intrinsic equal dignity of all human beings, regardless not only of sex and race, but also without regard to age, size, condition of dependency, vulnerability, or the esteem of others. Abortion and embryo-destructive research are profound and lethal violations of this principle of equality to which the law (and the President) must respond.
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