GAY TRUTH

During the height of the Cold War , the watchword was vigilance. Civil Defense was everyone's responsibility, and the key was to  remain vigilant . The specter of nuclear war haunted every facet of life. In schools and workplaces nationwide, drills were held to practice for the event everyone hoped would never happen. Sirens would go off, and children and businessmen alike would crawl under their desks and assume the posture they were told would protect them: duck and cover . It was a culture of vigilance, but also (troublingly) largely a culture of fear as well. Today, in America , marriage is under attack. The attacks seem to be coming from everywhere. There's definitely a need for the pro-marriage majority, especially people of faith, to remain vigilant . But emphatically this must  never  mean duck and cover. We can't cower under our desks and live in fear: we need to stand up, boldly, and rally together to face down the attacks. We mustn't be duck and coverers...

An interview can get you into big trouble. Remember General Stanley McChrystal ? He was the commander of all U.S.  forces  in Afghanistan until he gave an interview to  Rolling Stone  magazine in 2010 and criticized his Commander in Chief. Soon thereafter, he was sacked. This time the interview controversy surrounds Phil Robertson, founder of the Duck Commander company and star of A&E’s  Duck Dynasty . Robertson gave an interview to  GQ  (formerly known as  Gentlemen’s Quarterly ), and now he has been put on “indefinite suspension” from the program. Why? Because of controversy over his comments on homosexuality. Phil Robertson is the plainspoken patriarch of the  Duck Dynasty  clan. In the  GQ  interview, published in the January 2014 issue of the magazine, Robertson makes clear that his Christian faith is central to his identity and his life. He speaks of his life before Christ and actively seeks to convert t...