You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away

If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.

The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia

The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.