The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything; it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy.
Andrew SullivanFor me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey.
Andrew SullivanWhen I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.
Andrew SullivanWhat's great about it is that you see, the great struggle for gay people is that the politics is just not going to work for us.
Andrew Sullivan