"The upside of our silence is institutional harmony; the downside is that we relinquish our prophetic voice. Moderate Christians can rarely be found in the vanguard of social change. When the shooting starts, we head for the bunkers and wait to see which side will prevail. If no winner emerges, we stay in the bunker. Many pastors can’t imagine life outside the bunker. They are people without opinions, skilled at navigating around the elephants in the room. Tragically, our world is now so full of elephants that avoidance is no longer an option."

--Alan Bean, Why We Need a 'Third Way' on Gay Rights
http://friendsofjustice.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/why-there-must-be-a-third-way-on-gay-rights/