by Karlo Broussard | Feb 1, 2024 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Recently on Catholic Answers Live, a caller asked me about whether there are morally licit means for a married couple to avoid pregnancy while still engaging in sexual intercourse. I explained that sterilization and contraception are a no-go, and that natural family...
by Karlo Broussard | Jan 16, 2024 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Recently, Ohio governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill (Ohio House Bill 68) that his own Ohio Republican party-majority House and Senate passed to ban “gender transition care” for youths under eighteen, which would include hormone therapy, puberty-blocker medication, and...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 14, 2023 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Christians have their differences, but they also have their commonalities. There are many issues that Christians of all stripes can face with locked arms. One example is the culture’s acceptance of immoral lifestyle choices—in this case, so-called “sex reassignment”...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 23, 2023 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Often when asked where the Bible condemns contraception some Christians appeal to Genesis 38:8-10. There, Onan, son of Judah, is told to have intercourse with his deceased brother’s wife to “perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her and raise up offspring for [his]...
by Karlo Broussard | May 8, 2023 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
There seems to be little need to list examples of gender confusion and pronoun-shaming in our culture today. But we might mention a few names that have become representative of the movement behind this relatively novel commandment: Caitlyn Jenner, Lia Thomas, Jazz...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 17, 2023 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Recently, I gave a presentation for a Catholic radio fundraiser in Billings, Montana. The morning of my departure, I went down for the hotel breakfast. Now, the day before, I’d heard the waitress speak of “free breakfast.” So, assuming I was getting a free breakfast,...
