“I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.”
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The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds.
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.
One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world.
You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures.
