It would indeed be difficult to pass [legislation ] without Sen. Smith’s support, though not impossible.

He’s very smart on policy and on politics. He’s not a member of Congress who, if the staff didn’t put talking points in front of him, wouldn’t know what he was talking about.

For a long time the Orthodox community has found opportunities to work on common goals with faith communities across the spectrum. We work on an array of issues, and also have our disagreements with evangelicals...

Many more decisions that can impact our members happen on the state level.

The Bible instructs us to ‘surely heal’ the ill, not to speed their departure from this earth.