One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world.

The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds.

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

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.

We love to talk about justice. It's the doing of justice that's hard...I believe it is work we are called to do

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 think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.