New Oxford Notes: October 2005
Here Come the Catholic Cheerleaders
The Thomas More Law Center, founded by Tom Monaghan, has decided to support the nomination of Judge John Roberts, even though he called Roe v. Wade "the settled law of the land."
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The Same Old Yada-Yada
Bishop J. Terry Steib is setting up a ministry for "gay and lesbian" Catholics. Yes, in Tennessee. This could be helpful, but Steib's outfit won't be.
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Shall We "Privatize" Marriage & Everything Else?
If privatization is a good thing, what's wrong with privatizing marriage, homosexuality, abortion?
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Hysteria Central
Michael O'Brien is an accomplished Catholic novelist. His strength is fiction.
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