Churches should be able to decide what kinds of unions are sanctified by their denomination, but not what kinds of unions are accepted in the civil arena.

Patience, they say, is a virtue. Yet in times of emergency, the government needs to be able to make snap decisions and take bold, decisive action to protect the American people.

I certainly support civil unions.

I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem.

The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.

While most of my public service work centers on improving our schools and fixing our broken immigration system, I also strongly stand for personal freedom.