Yielding Rights By Damaris Zehner When discussions occur on Internet Monk defending abortion rights, contraceptive rights, rights to same-sex marriage, rights to divorce, even rights to receive communion in a denomination not one’s own, I tend not to take part. One reason I refrain has to do with the rules for ethical argument, at leastContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: Yielding Rights”
Category Archives: Moral Theology
Miguel Ruiz: New light on the oldest profession
Note from CM: After thinking about the way many Christians today devise their moral theology, our friend Miguel offers a “modest proposal” about reconsidering “the oldest profession.” • • • The history of Christianity is a twisted tale of conflict over sexuality and the suppression of those who dissent the party line on bedroom ethics. Continue reading “Miguel Ruiz: New light on the oldest profession”
Natural Law and Sexual Morality
Any sexual act other than one man and one woman engaging in the type of intercourse inherently capable of procreation is an unnatural sexual act. • Ronald L. Conte Jr. “May the Marriage Bed Be Immaculate” • • • In light of the Irish vote to legalize same-sex marriage, a decision that has its CatholicContinue reading “Natural Law and Sexual Morality”
Damaris Zehner: What Makes It Right?
What Makes It Right? By Damaris Zehner I’ve always had a problem with the concept of “two consenting adults” as the foundation for moral decisions. Often the phrase is uttered as a means to reconcile a faint moral unease with cultural norms: “Well, I’m not sure it’s right,” we’ll say, “but I guess ifContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: What Makes It Right?”
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