Opposition to Same -Sex Marriage -- "Just Cussedness?"
Posted: Monday, February 06, 2006 at 12:15 am ET
Albert Mohler

John Danforth, a former member of the U.S. Senate and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has offered two stinging critiques of the so-called "religious right" in recent weeks. The latest comes in the form of an interview with The Washington Post in which Danforth, an ordained Episcopal priest, presents himself as a counter-voice to conservative evangelicals. His immediate concern is the future of the Republican Party, but his words actually reveal far deeper issues.

According to the Post, Danforth opposes "the us-versus-them, my-God-is-bigger-than-your-God, velvet-fist variety of Christian evangelism."

More: A man of God and the GOP, he is speaking out for moderation -- in religion, politics, science and government. The lanky figure once dubbed "St. Jack," not always warmly, for the perch he seemed to occupy on Washington's moral high ground, expects people will sour on the assertive brand of Christianity so closely branded Republican. "I'm counting on nausea," he says. The rest