Christine Quinn, NYC council woman and likely mayoral candidate on Weekend Edition.
Insightful reflections on the value of government officials working together instead of as opponents, but to me more interesting for Quinn's comments about the nature of faith. Asked if she considers leaving the Catholic church since it does not approve of her sexual identity, she replies with something like this: You can't leave your faith, it is who you are. Moreover she states simply that when she wakes up in the morning she is Catholic and gay. Her tone suggests that this is the fact, not a problem, and that others who might regard it as a problem should just get over their problem. Perhaps there is a bit of lurking essentialism in her comments and yet there is also something very appealing about her recognition that faith is something deep and shaping, not merely a choice one makes as if buying a car or ordering dinner.
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