But I have repeatedly told all my children that my love for them is not contingent on what they believe. They can be Christians if they want, as long as they are good people and don’t hurt others. They went to church with their mother, who worked at a Christian school, and their stepfather, a youth director at a Baptist church and later a pastor. They know what I think. I have never wanted them to be forced into a position of having to choose between parents. They are smart kids, and I have to trust that they have the ability to sift fact from fiction, and right from wrong.
