Conservative Christians Tackle Divorce, The 'Other' Marriage Crisis

"We cannot very well argue for the sanctity of marriage as a crucial social institution while we blithely go about divorcing and approving of remarriage at a rate that destabilizes marriage," Mark Galli, senior managing editor of Christianity Today, the flagship evangelical magazine, wrote in August after the court ruling invalidating Proposition 8, the California ballot measure banning gay marri...

Politics Daily • Oct 4, 2010

The Run-Up to the Proposition 8 Ruling

In less than two decades, from 1993 to today, the controversial issue has ripened -- in federal court, at the state level, in political discourse, you name it -- to the point where a definitive declaration from the United States Supreme Court may (relatively) soon be at hand. Seventeen years sounds like a long time in "people years." But in the timeline of the law, it's virtually a blink....

Politics Daily • Jul 16, 2010

Why Gay Guys Are Churchier Than Their Straight Brethren

A new survey of 9,000 gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from George Barna, a well-known evangelical pollster, showed that 70 percent of gay adults describe themselves as Christian and 60 percent say their faith is "very important" in their lives. Granted, those figures are lower than the population as a whole, which register 85 and 70 percent on those rankings, respectively. But Barna, himself ...

Politics Daily • Aug 14, 2009