Over the past two weeks, several prominent social media accounts have provoked hundreds,

if not thousands of people on the internet, to attack my wife, an accuser of committing grave sins.

At first, I just ignored these attacks because I didn't want to dignify them or amplify this crazy behavior,

but they've grown to such a level that I feel it necessary as Laura's husband to say something. Look, if you

want to attack me, that's fine. That comes to having a public channel. But my wife retired from public

social media life a year ago. If you didn't like an argument that I made or a clip I showed

of someone saying something ridiculous, then critique me. Anyone else could have made the exact same arguments that I made.

So attacking my wife does nothing to strengthen your argument. Attacking her isn't even an ad hominem

fallacy. It's just petty. And lying about my wife is a grave sin. The catechism speaks of calumny

as remarks contrary to the truth that harms the reputation of others

and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them. To avoid rash judgment, everyone should be

careful to interpret insofar as possible his neighbor's thoughts, words, and deeds in a favorable way.

But that's not what's been happening with a particular group of people attacking my family.

Look, I've done apologetics for over 20 years among atheists, Muslims, radical pro-abortion,

and LGBT activists, and none of them has been as cruel or vindictive as so-called based Christians

or based Catholics. The lie they're spreading about my wife is that she

cheated on me or almost cheated on me or wanted to have an affair, which is an absolute lie.

They somehow bring out of an appearance that she had on Pints with Aquinas two years ago.

Over a hundred thousand people watched that interview, and I didn't see any of them come to this conclusion,

which shows the people centering my wife are either ignorant, vile, or probably both.

Here's what my wife said in the context of the dangers of women working outside the home.

I got super close to a male coworker, and I share this testimony.

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