Introduction: Clarifying the Purpose Public controversies often expose more profound weaknesses in moral and theological reasoning .

For many, marriage is a major milestone in their faith. Most people begin dreaming about getting married, but not everyone's idea of what the perfect marriage will be like is the same. Some women want ...

In a matter of days, more than 40,000 readers responded to our Dec. 15 cover story, "The Religious Case for Gay Marriage." The vast majority stemmed from a letter-writing campaign encouraged by the ...

Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does. Shall we look to Abraham, the great patriarch, who slept with his servant when he ...

Hood County Clerk Katie Lang appealed to the Bible as the basis for her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses. She is reported as saying: “I do believe that marriage is for one man and one woman ...

Is it wrong to have sex before marriage? It's a common question asked by Christians once they have fallen in love or finally are engaged. If you're engaged to be married, it might seem natural to ...

Almost three decades ago, Richard Hays, a United Methodist minister and the soon-to-be dean of Duke Divinity School, wrote what quickly became the go-to traditionalist Christian argument against ...