A new law under consideration in California states that gay men are entitled to have access to a surrogate. A revision to the California law SB-729 would allow the government to force insurance agencies to cover surrogacy for same-sex couples….
Élisabeth Borne, la Secrète By Bérengère Bonte (L’Archipel, 240 pages, $28) There’s no better promotional vehicle than controversy and scandal. Given this, journalist Bérengère Bonte’s timely provocative book about France’s current prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, la Secrète (Élisabeth Borne, the…
During his recent trip to Hungary, Pope Francis addressed one of the most contentious decisions of his pontificate: the restrictions he has made on the Tridentine Mass. For those unfamiliar, the Tridentine Mass is the form of the Catholic liturgy…
The thoughtful and observant have likely not afforded much credibility to the “news,” breathlessly reported by the usual suspects, that about a quarter of young Americans identify as being in one of more of the LGBQIA etc., etc. categories. As…
One pervasive problem with our political discourse is the constant attribution of sinister motives to opponents. We see this done by both the Left and the Right, and it is a move that effectively ends any discussion of differing opinions….
Recently, a dozen archbishops from the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches signed a letter rejecting the traditional notion that the Archbishop of Canterbury is the “first among equals” and the “focus of unity” in the Global Anglican Communion. They’d…
Former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland, one of the most influential liberal American prelates of the 20th century, died last Monday. He resigned in 2002 after it came out that he had paid hush money to a male Marquette University graduate…
The first confirmed case of monkeypox transmission from humans to dogs has been documented in France. A report from the Lancet revealed that the case emerged in the household of a non-monogamous homosexual couple, one of whom is also HIV…
Some people are foolish enough to take their political cues from show-business celebrities like Bette Midler, Rob Reiner, and Cher. Not me. I listen to athletes. So when I heard that 28-year-old British diver Tom Daley had made a documentary…
A Georgia gay couple has been charged after allegedly using their adopted children to produce child pornography. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office arrested William and Zachary Zulock on July 27 after being tipped off by a suspect arrested earlier that…