Race, Ethnicity, Gender

Last week, a tribunal in the United Kingdom handed down a ruling officially declaring orthodox Christian belief in God’s creation of humanity with only two distinct genders to be a virtual thought-crime. Dr. David Mackereth, a disability assessor who was fired from his job in 2018 for... Read more

The bishops of the United States have urged the Supreme Court not to “redefine a fundamental element of humanity” by reinterpreting sex descrimination laws. The bishops’ intervention came as the court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a trio of cases that could decide whether or not... Read more

Chants of “no justice, no peace” drifted from the hallway into the the 204th District Court, and then Botham Jean’s 18-year-old brother stepped up to the witness stand Wednesday. This was Brandt Jean’s chance to tell Guyger exactly what he thought of the former Dallas officer after she... Read more

The NHS is setting up support centres across England for victims of female genital mutilation – eight walk-in centres where women aged over 18 "will be offered expert care." (‘New clinics to help victims of female genital mutilation’, Telegraph, September 14, 2019). Understandably,... Read more

There are many ways to celebrate diversity. It appears eating four different colors of chocolate at the same time is not one of them. That's the lesson candy-maker Cadbury learned on social media Friday, after its effort to mark India's Independence Day with a multicolored slab of... Read more

By the Gargantuan standards of the 21st-century National Football League, Gino Marchetti, who died April 29, was undersized at 6-foot-4 and a mere 245 pounds. But he was arguably the greatest pass rusher in pro football history. The official record, 22 and a half quarterback “sacks” over... Read more

Last week a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a ruling allowing several fraternities and students to proceed with their Title IX sex-discrimination case against Harvard. The students are challenging Harvard’s decision to sanction students who join single-sex organizations. The sororities... Read more

A couple of years ago, I read about three women at an online magazine. These women were all very successful, secular career women, but each expressed a deep discontentment with her life. One said she wanted to just go bake bread, another said she wanted to plant a garden, and the third said she... Read more

LGBT advocates are obsessed with a bakery in Colorado, and not because the cakes are delicious. Last year the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop after a six-year legal battle following Phillips’s refusal to put a pro-gay message on a cake he’d baked. He... Read more

Freedom of religion needs to be taken into account when making “decisions concerning the criminalization of homophobia,” according to the head of Brazil’s bishops’ conference. On June 13, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that acts of homophobia should be considered by the judiciary... Read more