Society & Culture

“…originalism did not begin with answers. It began when Robert Bork faced the Warren Court’s ‘Because!’ and asked: ‘But why?’ Why these rulings and not others?…. The entire originalist-textualist project sprang from the search for an answer to these questions, for a bulwark against an earlier Supreme Court’s ipse dixit.” - Law & Liberty

“The [Presbyterian] church’s General Assembly approved an overture that allows parish ministers and deacons to apply for authorization to marry same-sex couples. It passed on Monday by a 274-136 vote.” - C.Today

“The film’s ballot harvesting theory is full of holes.” - The Dispatch

“The following ten resources have helped me better understand troubling aspects of our current culture primarily from the left.

“Ahead of a potential ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, Founders Ministries’ Tom Ascol and other ‘abolitionists’ voice opposition to longstanding ‘incremental’ approach, calling for penalties for women.” - C.Today

“Roughly equal shares of Americans say they live near all or most of their extended family (28%) or near some extended family (27%). Another 24% of adults say they live within an hour’s drive of only a few family members, while one-in-five say they do not live near any extended family members.” - Pew

“The Great Replacement theory is the latest version of a century-old white genocide conspiracy theory. At the root of the theory is the claim that ‘elites’—especially Jews—are deliberately plotting to reduce or eliminate white people in the United States and Europe.” - TGC

“No longer content to merely minimize the importance for Christians of opposing abortion, a prominent progressive Christian social justice organization now argues that Roe v Wade itself should be upheld.” - Juicy Ecumenism

“Gendron said he was not a Christian, but does ‘believe in and practice many Christian values.’ We reached out to Samuel Perry….co-author of several books on White Christian Nationalism ….

“Even if abortion, when legal, is safer for women than illegal—even if we were to concede that—is it ethical to legalize homicide just to make it safer for those who participate in it?” - Breakpoint