“[U]nlike, say, racial integration, or gay issues that fit the traditional civil rights template … the issue of gay marriage and the arguments for it are surprising when you first hear them. If someone is a bit slow to wrap her head around them, that is not intolerable bigotry.”
Michael Kinsley
The Washington Post columnist was addressing the controversy surrounding Miss California Carrie Prejean’s opposition to same-sex marriage. (RNS)
“I think ultimately that we are at a season right now where the issues of social justice are growing and a desire to integrate compassion and commission are clearly evident among younger evangelicals and evangelicals as a whole.”
Ed Setzer
The research director for Southern Baptists’ LifeWay Christian Resources was speaking to a group of evangelical environmental activitists. (ABP)
“Dr. Hunter taught me that you can be a conservative who unashamedly defends the sanctity of human life, that you can believe traditional orthodox Christian views about some of the most pressing issues of our day and at the [same] time care passionately about God’s creation.”
Jonathan Merritt
The Southern Baptist environmental activist was referring to Joel Hunter, author of A New Kind of Conservative. (ABP)