Monthly Archives: June 2005

I Hope They Get Their Due

I just received notice of an article stating that Allstate fired an employee for writing against gay marriage. According to the article, the writing was done on the employee’s own time, and there was no intent to appear to be … Continue reading

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Response to My Letter

Well, I have received largely positive responses from my letter to the Bishop. Several people have asked for what kind of response I got. I haven’t received a response as of this writing. However, I think we need to allow … Continue reading

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What the . . . . . . ?

I just got this weeks edition of our diocesean newspaper, The West Tennessee Catholic. Take a look at this. First, you see the picture of our seminarians. This is good and well, as all of them are orthodox. So, at … Continue reading

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Morally Correct, but Scientifically Inaccurate

This comes out of a number of things I’ve seen and read in the past few years. There are many well-intentioned people out there who defend proper moral teaching but who use inaccurate science to do so. For example, I … Continue reading

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Hear It for Yourself

I mentioned in a previous post that I attended the Young Adults Conference in Steubenville. This year, instead of selling CDs and tapes, they have released their talks for free on the web in MP3 format. You can get them … Continue reading

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How Would You Feel?

Have you ever had someone respond to preaching against sin with something like “Well, how would you feel if someone said that about you?” I have a simple answer. That’s irrelevant. For example, someone may ask how I would feel … Continue reading

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Letter to My Bishop

Below is the text of my letter regarding the new ministry to gays and lesbians in the Diocese of Memphis. Please note that I used the NRSV translation due to copyright issues (can quote up to 500 verses without express … Continue reading

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In-Vitro Fertilization May Not Result in More Live Births

I found this to be quite interesting. In-vitro fertilization results in an increased “pregnancy rate,” but it may not result in more live births. I guess we can assume that most couples wanting to get pregnant also want live births, … Continue reading

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World Youth Day Qualification

You will need to subscribe to Catholic World News to get the full article, but I thought this was interesting enough to merit posting. Germany is administering catechism tests to some participants in World Youth Day to determine whether or … Continue reading

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Steubenville Young Adults Conference

I spent last weekend at the Young Adult Conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville. I had been to three Defending the Faith Conferences, but this was the first time I had been to Young Adults Conference. The Young Adults Conference … Continue reading

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