and it s a terrific book. thank you so much. [applause] thank you. booktv has over 150,000 twitter followers. follow booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and talk directly with authors during our live programming. twitter.com/booktv. in just a moment on booktv, david lampo argues that support for gay rights by the political right is in accordance with conservative ideologies of limited government. the author contends that social conservatives that refute this are being hypocritical. the event from the cato institute in washington, d.c. is about 90 minutes. [applause] john, thank you for that introduction, and, michael, for agreeing to participate today. what i d like to do in my allotted time is to briefly discuss the evolution of this book and why i wrote it, and then outline what i see as the three main themes of the book and then, finally, give a brief overview of a few of my faith chapters in the book. i completed the fi