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.

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

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.

Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.

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.

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.

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