I think it is going to be very difficult for any church that still calls itself a church, never to try and convince someone that their religion is the best one.

It was an effort to include intelligent design and treat it as science, disparaging evolution along the way. That will not stand.

I was interested in the question of the power of religious organizations to effect public policy in a negative way. When I was in college, and I found out at that time the Catholic Church was in such control of everything in communities, including in progressive places like New York - that a roommate of mine was not able to obtain an abortion with his girlfriend, even in places like New York. What I learned at that moment was the extraordinary clout that religious organizations can have to impose their theological views on others. And I found it exasperating and dangerous.

I think fundamentally, the real power behind the anti-choice movement in regard to abortion and the opposition to the rights of LGBT Americans is fundamentally religious. I know that there are people who are secularists who have problems with the rights of gay people and problems with reproductive choice, but frankly those people are few in number.

I think it is going to be very difficult for any church that still calls itself a church, never to try and convince someone that their religion is the best one.

Ohio's students deserve a first-class education appropriate for the 21st century, not Sunday School lessons masquerading as science.

Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.