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Patrick Hornbeck

Patrick Hornbeck is chair and associate professor of theology at Fordham University, where he teaches and writes about the history of Christianity, contemporary U.S. Catholicism, and LGBTQ concerns in religion. He is the author or editor of eight books, including the two-volume collection More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church (Fordham University Press, 2014). He received his graduate degrees from the University of Oxford and graduated as valedictorian from Georgetown University.

Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 12, 2018

LGBTQ Equality Pendulum “Abruptly” Swinging Back as Religious Exemptions Gain Victories

By Patrick Hornbeck

As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to mull the arguments of a baker who on…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 8, 2018

GOP Education Bill Would Radically Rewrite Religious Freedom and License Virtually Any Form of Discrimination

By Patrick Hornbeck

Consider for a moment this chilling hypothetical. Imagine that the day after last summer’s white…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyDecember 18, 2017

Clergy May Soon Find Taxes Soaring As Result of an Under-the-Radar Ruling

By Patrick Hornbeck

Relatively little fanfare accompanied U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb’s ruling in October that a tax…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderDecember 7, 2017

Dog Whistles and Holes in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Arguments?

By Patrick Hornbeck

If nothing else, Tuesday’s oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case make clear that the ghosts of…

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OMFG, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderDecember 5, 2017

What Masterpiece Cakeshop Oral Arguments Suggest About the Future of LGBT Discrimination

By Patrick Hornbeck

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderDecember 1, 2017

What Justice Gorsuch’s Record Suggests About the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case

By Patrick Hornbeck

When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments December 5 in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderNovember 27, 2017

The Religious Case Against Religious Discrimination in Cakeshop Case

By Patrick Hornbeck

It might be tempting to think that Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—the upcoming…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderNovember 13, 2017

The Subway Sandwich Artist Argument; When “Religious Freedom” Isn’t About Religious Freedom

By Patrick Hornbeck

Consider this faintly ridiculous hypothetical: I am in line at my local Subway sandwich shop,…

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