The Leading Edge is a weekly look at what we’re reading, what we think you should read, and articles of interest on marriage, gender, and the policy, politics, and culture that surrounds them. Have an article you think we should read? Tweet it to us at @CBMWEdge. Marriage, Reason and Religious Liberty – The latest...

By Michael Berry: “We live in fame or go down in flames. Hey! Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force!”  These ominous words conclude the first stanza of the U.S. Air Force’s official song.  Ironically, it appears that nothing indeed can stop the Air Force from going down in flames.  Recent events at its hallowed...

“What is liberty without wisdom and without virtue?  It is the greatest of all possible evils.” – Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke By Michael Berry: Today is Tuesday, March 25, 2014.  The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on behalf of two private, for-profit corporations, Hobby Lobby Stores, and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation. ...

    Here is what you need to know for the week of 3/24-3/29.   Why Christian Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage are Wrong… DC Abortion Fund Offers Coat Hanger Pendant for Donors Choosing What to Photograph is a Form of Speech Stanford, Marriage and Abortion Controversies, and the Mission of a University  Transgender Woman Says...

As a continuing service of our coverage of the decision and subsequent firestorm surrounding the Arizona Religious Liberty Bill, Merritt, Powers, and Moore et al., we have compiled a list of articles addressing the situation.  It is important to note that yesterday Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona vetoed Senate Bill 1062.  The links are organized...

  Timothy Kleiser:  “Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.” This pessimistic view of marriage—voiced by Montaigne, the French philosopher—is a view that is commonly held today. In our society that worships individuality, marriage is increasingly regarded as a cage...