Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.

In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!

I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.

Artists are the best theologians. They feel things that are true before theologians can jargonize them into obscurity.

I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.

While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does.