“Whenever a nation’s laws no longer reflect the standards of God, that nation is in rebellion against Him and will inevitably bear the consequences.”

Rep. GREG STEUBE, R-Fla., quoting from The Tony Evans Bible Commentary on Feb. 25 while speaking on the House floor in opposition to the Equality Act, which would make it illegal to discriminate against homosexual and transgender individuals. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., replied: “What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.” (The House voted 224-206 in favor of the bill.)

“You just can’t say, ‘Yeah, yeah, let everybody in,’ because then we’re affected down there at the border.”

U.S. Rep. HENRY CUELLAR, D-Texas, telling Axios he supported President Joe Biden but saw risks in trying to appease pro-immigration groups. Cuellar’s district includes land along the southern border, where immigrant crossings have surged in recent weeks.

“It’s clear that our differences are irreconcilable and there is no way to bridge them.”

Rev. KEITH BOYETTE, a Methodist elder from Virginia, on the split in the United Methodist Church over same-sex unions and gay and lesbian clergy. Boyette chairs a group of conservative Methodist leaders that on March 1 announced the name and logo of an alternative denomination, the Global Methodist Church (see “Split,” in this issue).

“I felt in my spirit today it was time to tell you that I am not a practicing Christian anymore.”

Former Christian singer-songwriter AUDREY ASSAD, writing in a series of tweets on March 3 that she had stopped practicing her Catholic faith about three years ago.

“Some animals can autotomize [regrow] their legs or appendages or tails, but no other animal shed their whole body.”

Nara Women’s University aquatic ecology professor YOICHI YUSA, describing the discovery that Japanese sea slugs, after being decapitated, can regenerate their entire bodies.