Katie Grimes
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Trauma at the Border: Is the Bond Between Criminalized Parent and Child Sacred as Well?
The Trump administration’s decision to rip immigrant parents from their children is evil. This is as obvious to me as the color of the sky. Many U.S.-Americans-although not nearly enough-have raised their voices in righteous protest against this misuse of… Continue reading
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Jesus Is Not Palestinian, But Palestinian People Are Loved By God
How Christians can respect the dignity of the Palestinian people without succumbing to supersessionism or anti-Semitism. Continue reading
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Make Sex Great Again: Things Were Better Back Then
Douthat’s logic is horrifying, but it’s also silly. The diverse and sometimes cacophonous array of events comprising “the sexual revolution” did not destroy sexual regulation; it introduced new ones. Continue reading
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Where’s the Beef? It’s With Obama: Notre Dame’s Contraception Coverage Reversal
Just four days ago, the University of Notre Dame announced it “would no longer provide birth control coverage to students and employees.” It fought long and hard for this right. Shortly after the Affordable Care Act became law back in… Continue reading
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Should Richard Spencer Be Allowed to Speak on Public University Campuses?
The First Amendment grants the right to speak in public. But what makes such speech “free?” We consider this right an expression of “freedom” because colonists described the Revolutionary War as a battle of liberation from slavery to King George.… Continue reading
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Women Speak About Natural Family Planning: The Story of a Woman Who Wishes to Remain Anonymous
A married Catholic woman who lives in fear every month waiting for her next cycle to start. Continue reading
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WIT’s In Print: A Shameless Plug
I am writing to share with you all the news that my first book, Fugitive Saints: Catholicism and the Politics of Slavery, will be released by Fortress Press (which has been amazing) at the beginning of next month. This book asks the following:… Continue reading
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Is There a “Benedict Option” for LGBT People? A Progressive Christian Pledge
Dreher fears that someday Christians who express public opposition to gay marriage will encounter “hostile work conditions, including dismissal from your job.” LGBT people know this fear well. Continue reading
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Coffin Ships and Hypocrisy: A Lament for Irish-America
About half of my ancestors immigrated to this country as a result of the aftermath of Irish famine, an event in which people were found dead on the side of the road walking hopelessly in search of food with grass stained… Continue reading
