I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.

I've long been really intrigued with what is the ... proper role of faith and religion in public life.

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.

It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.

The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.