Can Christian Adoption Agencies be Defended? - Part I

Recently I read about some efforts by the ACLU in Michigan to challenge the status of Christian adoption agencies.  Many similar programs have been shut down across the country because of their practice of only adopting children to homes with a mother and father.** That is to say, not because they have bad track records or unacceptable waiting periods, but because their opponents claim they are employing arbitrary bigotry and bronze-age superstitions.

That’s what I want to look at today.  Is there a defense to be made for these Christian adoption programs?  Is there a way to challenge the assertion that they employ bigotry?

**(Wait a minute… abortion-rights-supporters always say Christians don’t care about children after they’re born.  Why do all these Christian adoption agencies exist?  That’s odd... )

The Catholic Church and Homosexuality - Part I

About a year ago, one of the seniors at my Monday night discussion group pointed out that in 4 years she'd never heard a word at the larger OLMC Youth Ministry gatherings (on Thursdays) about the one issue she's asked about more than anything else at school: The Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.

And she was right. The Thursday night gatherings have covered everything under the sun, but has never ever said a word about the matter. Seeing as how THE thing their peers (and society as a whole) want to talk about, it seemed neglectful to let them twist in the wind while avoiding the controversy ourselves.

So I took up the task of wring a curriculum. And after nearly a year of work, we've finally begin a 3-part series on the matter. The first two presentations are my work. You can hear and see the first one on Youtube [ here ].