“Pragmatic Americans Liberal and Conservative on Social Issues”
A 2006 Pew report shows some shifting of views, such as on whether homosexuality is innate or can be changed.
Category: Marriage & family
“Religious Beliefs Underpin Opposition to Homosexuality”
A 2003 report from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life shows that religion is a fundamental component of Americans’ opposition to homosexuality.
“Fewer Are Angry at Government, But Discontent Remains High”
A March 2011 survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press showed that support for gay marriage continues to rise and is statistically equal to opposition to gay marriage.
“Supporting boys or girls when the line isn’t clear”
Read a Dec. 2, 2006, New York Times story about the dilemmas parents and schools face when children don’t conform to gender norms.
Lyle Dorsett
Lyle Dorsett is Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., and the foremost scholar on Lewis’ wife, Joy Davidman. Dorsett is author of A Love Observed: Joy Davidman’s Life and Marriage to C.S. Lewis (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1998) and And God Came In: The Extraordinary Story of Joy Davidman, Her Life and […]
“The Bible Refers to Jesus’ Wife, Too”
Read a Sept. 18, 2012, article from The Atlantic about the controversy surrounding the discovery of potential evidence that Jesus was married.
“An Interview with the Discoverer of ‘Jesus’ Wife””
Read a Sept. 25, 2012, interview from Time with Karen King, the Harvard professor who discovered potential evidence that Jesus was married.
“Was Jesus Married? Ancient Papyrus Mentions His ‘Wife'”
Read a Sept. 18, 2012, article from ABC News about an archaeological discovery providing evidence that Jesus was married.
“Mississippi’s Ambiguous ‘Personhood’ Amendment'”
Read “Mississippi’s Ambiguous ‘Personhood’ Amendment,” an Oct. 31, 2011, op-ed in The New York Times that set out some of the problems of biology and the law that Mississippi’s proposed amendment faced.