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.

It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples.

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.

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

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

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

I think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection of your interior life.