I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.

It has taken countless hours of prayer, study, conversation and emotional turmoil to bring me to the place where I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church.

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.

If we were to set out to establish a religion in polar opposition to the Beatitudes Jesus taught, it would look strikingly similar to the pop Christianity that has taken over the airwaves of North America.

When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to Christian television networks - and there are thousands of Christian television shows across the country - they are all politically right.

To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?