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Dot-catholic is cool, but what about .sex, .porn & .adult?

June 25, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt Leave a Comment

Moral and ethical questions abound in the creation of new real estate in cyberspace. We sometimes struggle with our domain name. After all, who are we to own ThePracticingCatholic.com? As if we’re the epitome of what practicing Catholics should be. Hardly. Still, it does convey a message, a sense of mission. It tells you something … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, Decency, FCC, Google, Government, ICANN, Internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Morality in Media, National Catholic Register, pornography, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, TLD, Top-Level Domain, Vatican, War on Illegal Pornography

Supreme Court Rules Against IVF Twins

May 22, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 8 Comments

Conception takes center stage in Social Security survivor benefits case. On Monday, modern science and old laws collided when the nation’s highest court ruled for the first time in a case of “posthumous conception”. In Astrue v. Capato, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that twins conceived through in vitro fertilization after their father’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Ginsburg, In Vitro Fertilization, IVF, Parent, Personhood, Posthumous, Prolife, SCOTUS, Social Security, Social Security Act, Sterile, Supreme Court
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