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Utilitarian Ethics in Action

Matt Townsend - May 4, 2018

Having determined the “best course of treatment” for Alfie Evans, British medical experts refused to consider that he might be better cared for elsewhere, and the courts merely backed them up.

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Another Cakewalk

TLC Staff - October 24, 2016

An Irish appeals court rules that Ashers Baking Co. was wrong to decline a “Support Gay Marriage” cake order.

Church Life

Defend the Sojourner

G. Jeffrey MacDonald - August 26, 2014

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald • “You could quite easily have an 8-year-old standing in front of a judge all by himself.”

News

Neutral Principles in Quincy

TLC Staff - July 28, 2014

Cheers and doubts greet latest court ruling involving the historic Diocese of Quincy.

News

Fort Worth Looks to D.C.

TLC Staff - April 3, 2014

The Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Fort Worth has signaled its intention to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

News | Episcopal Church

Deference vs. Neutral Principles

G. Jeffrey MacDonald - January 23, 2013

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald “When neutral principles of law are applied … local churches often win.”

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