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February 17, 2023
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Loving Those Caught in Gender Ideology: The Ethics and Metaphysics of Sexual Identity
Ryan T. Anderson
Christ All Over

Every newborn child is either a boy or a girl, just as every human adult is either a man or a woman. This is a biological reality. Boy and girl, man and woman, are just the age-specific terms for human males and females. Sex for human beings, like all other mammalian species, is binary. And stable. Sex does not exist along a spectrum, nor is it fluid. That’s why activists use different words—gender, and gender identity—to make those claims.

But stick with sex for a moment. The reason we can confidently say that sex in humans (like other mammals) is binary and stable is because there are two ways of being organized for sexual reproduction. What do I mean by that? Organisms are organized. Human beings, like other organisms, are composed of parts—organs—that work together as an integrated unit (a whole or complete entity). The various organs perform various functions, but not in a haphazard or disorganized way. They are, rather, organized. All of us humans—male and female alike—are organized the same way when it comes to our respiratory system and the function of breathing, and our circulatory system and the function of pumping blood. But we are organized differently in one key respect—sexual reproduction. So when we say there are male and female human organisms—people—we are talking about two ways of being organized sexually—that is, in respect of sexual reproduction and the reproductive system.
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Writing in Mosaic Magazine with Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin, Eric Cohen outlines a vision for Jewish Classical Education ([link removed]) and asks how Jews can build schools that encourage the rising generation to take their responsibility to continue shaping Western civilization seriously.
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Local people need to take local responsibility for their institutions () , writes Brad Littlejohn in his latest for WORLD Opinions.
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In his syndicated column, George Weigel responds to a young critic ([link removed]) of the Second Vatican Council, explaining its continued relevance for the Church today.
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And Francis Maier writes for The Catholic Thing ([link removed]) , "God has an exquisite sense of irony; in the end, the health of a fallen world is ensured by the 'un-worldliness' of converted, individual hearts. Or, to borrow a thought from Solzhenitsyn: For the things we can’t achieve, God has appointed others. . .but that doesn’t let you and me off the hook."
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On the EDIFY podcast this week ([link removed]) , Mary FioRito and Sherif Girgis talk about the state of marriage today, why fewer people than ever are getting married, and what the redefinition of marriage really means. They also discuss the betrayal of trust the Dobbs leak caused and the shock they felt when Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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Lance Morrow joined Erich Prince, Merion West editor-in-chief emeritus, to discuss his forthcoming book, The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism ([link removed]) . Lance and Eric talked about the central role that Time and its founder, Henry Luce, once played in American life; the age of magazines and the “golden age of journalism” ([link removed]) ; the distinction between the essayist and the journalist; and how insights gleaned from past eras of journalism might be applicable today.
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The William E. Simon Lecture: What Ukraine Means
February 28, 6:30 PM
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest State Room, Washington, DC 20036

The Ethics and Public Policy Center cordially invites you to the 21st Annual William E. Simon Lecture, "What Ukraine Means", presented by George Weigel.

The lecture will be followed by a reception.
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