Dear Pat Robertson,

I thought I’d write you this letter as you must be crestfallen and quite befuddled about Proposition 8 being overturned recently in California; when I heard the news, I immediately thought of you. Ok, I didn’t, but I did begin to think of you shortly after the announcement was made—because of what you had to say on the subject.

Pat, from your lips to God’s ear to my fingertips:

“Ladies and gentlemen, what are we facing? The homosexuals want to destroy the church, and they want to destroy marriage. That’s what it amounts to. It doesn’t matter how sacred an institution is and how important it is to society, as long as there can be a confirmation that this lifestyle is acceptable. That’s what they want. Oh man, pray for this country.” Read the full story

Natural disasters like last week’s massive earthquake in Haiti or the tsunami that killed so many a few years ago or wars, acts of terrorism, famine and the suffering in their wake is incredibly overwhelming.

We have a very privileged vantage point of the world. We are so lucky to be where we are and so relatively unscathed by the catastrophic randomness of life that triggers unimaginable suffering on our planet. We’re a little spoiled by the luxury of not having to worry about our survival from one moment the next. Read the full story