The new religious freedom conflict in America is over the institution of marriage. The Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges means that the American legal system no longer recognizes the natural reality of marriage, and this has opened the door to a variety of challenges to religious freedom.
In Made for Freedom, the integral relationship between marriage and religious freedom is explored, particularly in light of the legal redefinition of marriage which occurred on the national scale on June 26, 2015 with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
The vocation of marriage is a unique call to an adventure of love and life, where love is life-giving in a matchless way. Marriage, in its inmost essence as the union of husband and wife, is open to the child. The love between husband and wife—what we call authentic spousal love—is never self-enc...
Marriage, family, and the common good are bound together. They are all fundamental parts of the human experience: love between a man and a woman; the procreation of children; and the community that both forms and is formed by families. Today, when these basic realities are questioned and even red...
