Quotes in the News

"If you respect that vow, you say, 'til death do us part.' This is a kind of death."

Pat Robertson

Religious broadcaster, saying a man would be justified to divorce his wife if she has Alzheimer's disease (700 Club/RNS)

"This is more than an embarrassment. This is more than cruelty. This is a repudiation of the gospel of Jesus Christ."

Russell Moore

Dean of theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., responding to Robertson's assertion a man could divorce his wife who has Alzheimer's disease (RNS)

"I imagine Rob Bell feels a lot like I have on many occasions: It's not that the critics have accurately understood what I'm trying to say and have explained why they disagree. It's that they've misrepresented what I'm trying to say and have explained why the misrepresentation is audacious and ludicrous."

Brian McLaren

Evangelical author and minister, defending author Rob Bell, who has been accused of heresy for his book about hell, Love Wins (Huffington Post/RNS)