I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

I think you can't deny that because the cochlear implant exists, the signing world is shrinking.

I hope the Church will examine what is good and what is ill, and what good could be achieved by getting the suicidal, self-destructive, possibly carnal, or celibate to move toward this experience of love.

And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino culture, we must recognize that this is a coherent culture, too. I think deafness is a disability for social constructionist reasons.

I do think that if the Church can see its way to greater tolerance, Church members will have greater exposure to gay people, and the lives of those gay people will be better.

I hated being depressed, but it was also in depression that I learned my own acreage, the full extent of my soul.

I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.