The following is from an interview with Anne Rice in the Los Angeles Times by Mitchell Landsberg on August 7, 2010:
Q) Two days before you announced on your Facebook page that you were quitting Christianity, you praised the Lutheran Church for welcoming gay pastors. So why not become a Lutheran, or a member of some other church that shares your views?
A) I feel much more morally comfortable walking away from organized religion. I respect that there are all kinds of denominations and all kinds of churches, but it’s the entire controversy, the entire conversation that I need to walk away from right now.
Q) The United Church of Christ even started a Facebook campaign to get you to join. How can you say no to that?
A) I respect completely people who want to find a church that’s more in accord with what they can morally accept. But for me, walking away is the thing right now. In the name of Christ, in the name of God.
How might you respond to Anne Rice?
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