John Corvino is Professor of Philosophy and Dean Emeritus of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of three books from Oxford University Press--most recently, Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination, with counterpoint by Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis (2017). He has lectured at over 300 venues worldwide on sexuality, marriage, religion, and related topics, and his online videos have received over four million views. Corvino has contributed to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Detroit Free Press, the Huffington Post, The New Republic, Slate, Commonweal, and other popular venues.

02/02/2026

• Chapter 1: Can't We Have Anything Nice? Chapter 2. Sticks and Stones Chapter 3. Punching the Nazi Chapter 4: There's a Difference Between What You Say and What People Hear Chapter 5. Conversation Stoppers Chapter 6. Choose Something Different Acknowledgements Bibliography Endnotes

John Corvino is Professor of Philosophy and Dean Emeritus of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of three books from Oxford University Press--most recently, Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination, with counterpoint by Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis (2017). He has lectured at over 300 venues worldwide on sexuality, marriage, religion, and related topics, and his online videos have received over four million views. Corvino has contributed to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Detroit Free Press, the Huffington Post, The New Republic, Slate, Commonweal, and other popular venues.

02/02/2026

• Chapter 1: Can't We Have Anything Nice? Chapter 2. Sticks and Stones Chapter 3. Punching the Nazi Chapter 4: There's a Difference Between What You Say and What People Hear Chapter 5. Conversation Stoppers Chapter 6. Choose Something Different Acknowledgements Bibliography Endnotes