The Narthex
EU Pushes New Five-Year Gender Plan
Why is Brussels moving in the opposite direction from the UK and USA?
By Sabino Paciolla | October 20th 2025 12:17 PMThe European Union adopted in October 2025 its “LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-2030,” a document that immediately sparked heated debate across the continent. The strategy, officially presented by the European Commission, promises to raise the bar on rights, safety, and inclusion for LGBTIQ+ people, but some of its content is generating…
READ FULL BLOG POSTIntersections Should Not Be Rainbows
Black-and-white clarity -- not culture war graffiti -- is what a crosswalk demands
By John M. Grondelski | September 4th 2025 11:35 AMA recent tempest in the social-media teapot concerns intersections. Not the kind that over-credentialed academics spin dissertations about in the name of “critical racial theory,” but the literal ones you walk across: crosswalks. Some jurisdictions decided to “celebrate Pride” by painting pedestrian crossings in rainbow colors. The Trump Transportation Department…
READ FULL BLOG POSTFr. Martin's Shell Game
He uses 'respect' to smuggle in not respect for persons but for actions and lifestyles
By John M. Grondelski | June 6th 2025 6:26 PMA “shell game” is a sleight-of-hand where, ostensibly, something is put under one of three shells that are then rapidly rotated, the player having to guess under which shell that thing is now located. This game is akin to the real-world confidence game named by the idiom “bait-and-switch.” Which brings…
READ FULL BLOG POSTUnequal Women
Kowtowing to gender ideologues makes no sense in feminism's own terms
By John M. Grondelski | May 23rd 2025 11:32 AMThe U.S. Supreme Court May 20 granted emergency relief to Laurel Libby. Who? Laurel Libby is a member of Maine’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Pine Tree State’s Legislature, a Republican representing the 90th district around Auburn. She’s an opponent of gender ideology who got into trouble…
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