Indeed, Buttigieg doesn’t just assert Christian faith, he actively challenges Biblical orthodoxy: He says those who affirm the Biblical teaching that homosexuality is sinful have a quarrel “with my Creator.” He recently told Rolling Stone that many things in Scripture are “inconsistent internally, and you’ve got to decide what sense to make of it.”
That has policy implications. ButtiÂgieg has touted the Equality Act—a legislative proposal with serious forebodings for the religious liberty of Christians bound by conscience to Scriptural principles they don’t see as debatable.
He’s also argued that when it comes to abortion, “there’s plenty of Scriptural basis to reach different conclusions about that.”...
