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

I believe God is doing a new thing in the world. God is always moving us to include more people in the kingdom. God has taught us that about people of color, about women, and now I think God is teaching that about gay and lesbian folk. And I am humbled and privileged that I might be playing a very small part in that grand and wonderful plan of God's.

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

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

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.