Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best.

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.

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

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.

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.