I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.

I realized that I had screwed up my life living different parts of my life in different places. I wasn't whole. I wasn't integrated. I wasn't a complete person. And after that, came out, spent some time at a psychiatric hospital.

I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a father's joy.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.

I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.