Quotes in the news: Gay marriage

“Unlike, 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

Washington Post columnist, on the controversy surrounding Miss California Carrie Prejean's opposition to same-sex marriage (RNS)

“The issue is not whether abortion is moral or not. The issue is whether it should be criminalized and, if so, under what circumstances? … All of us believe abortion is immoral. The question is, what is the best way to at least reduce the number of them?”

Richard McBrien

Notre Dame University theology professor (RNS)

“There is now an unstoppable expansion of what it means to be an evangelical Christian. We are no longer going to be stuck on one or two major issues.”

Joel Hunter

Pastor/author and member of President Obama’s advisory council on faith-based partnerships, advocating evangelical involvement in “creation care” (ABP)