Sarah Eltantawi is a scholar of religion, with a specialty in Islamic studies. She has written widely on Islam and politics.

Ed Decker is president of Saints Alive in Jesus, an evangelical Christian mission to Mormons, Freemasons and other groups the mission considers cults. He is a former Mormon and co-author of The God Makers.

Suzan Shown Harjo, who is Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee, is president of the Morning Star Institute, a national Indian rights organization. She helps Native Americans regain the land that was taken from them, and preserved many sacred places.

Jan. 20, 2012, Seattle Post Intelligencer article about myriad accusations of hypocrisy leveled against then-candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination Newt Gingrich over his touting of family values while failing to live by similar standards in his personal life.

Jeanette Rodriguez, a professor of theology and religious studies at Seattle University, wrote Our Lady of Guadalupe: Faith and Empowerment Among Mexican-American Women (University of Texas Press, 1994).

The Rev. Michael Kinnamon is Spehar-Halligan Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Collaboration in Interreligious Dialogue at Seattle University. He is an expert on interfaith dialogue.

David Klinghoffer is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and the editor of Evolution News & Views.

The Washington State Jewish Historical Society is in Seattle. Lisa Kranseler is executive director.

Matthew Wilson is the Lead Chair of the Safe Schools Coalition, based in Seattle, which works in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.