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Hello, I’m Donald Paul. I am husband, father, and former-seminarian who is obsessed with Catholic theology. On my substack In Defense of Theology you will find:

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Jon Lovett has two talking points. The first is that parents and a doctor can do anything they want to a willing child and no one should be allowed to intervene.

But obvs we wouldn’t approve of, say, female genital mutilation even if it were conducted by a licensed doctor. The government is there to prevent abuse. The…

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Firehose #133: Moynihan’s New Gig

The very kind overlords here at

have chosen me to put together a digest of posts for the weekly Substack Reads column — and I figured I’d reach out and see what the community is into these days. Reply with your fave substack posts! I’ve got a lot of reading to do!

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