Gergen and his homosexual apologists need to get out more. Homosexual groups have thrown blood in church sanctuaries and bombed the home of a San Francisco pastor because they did not like his politics. Of course, such acts are not considered to be mean spirited and arrogant because anti-homosexual groups exist. Anti-homosexual ministers who faithfully preach the Word of God deserve to have their church doors locked and their ministers run out of town for the good of society. Apparently Gergen is not aware of the fire-bombing of the house of Rev. Chuck and Donna McIlhenny by homosexuals who did not like the message coming from the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Francisco.
Woman play a prominent role in the Bible.
Just because feminists and other egalitarians are trying to wreck the biblical moral order does not make them right. Not in the Bible. Gergen has taken his notion of different lifestyle paths and included religious paths as well. In Gergen's eyes, all religions are equal. Just because Jews, Moslems, and Buddhists choose different paths on their trek to heaven does not mean they should be excluded from the celestial city once they come to the city's gates.