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

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.

That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved.

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.

Today, some of the most spiritual people I know claim to be without religion.

I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor.

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?