HAGERTY: Pederson says Miers is intensely private about her faith. They never discuss issues like abortion and homosexuality. She adds that Miers has been, quote, "confounding expectations" her entire career. Take, for example, the years she served on the Dallas City Council.
Ms. PEDERSON: I think people thought she'd be a mouthpiece for the business establishment, but she was not. She voted with what you would call the business line when she felt it was appropriate. But if it wasn't, she didn't. And I think she surprised some people.
HAGERTY: Miers was on record saying she supported civil rights for homosexuals, but not the repeal of the Texas sodomy law. She also served on the board of a Christian ministry to help ex-convicts re-enter society. Religious conservatives like Tony Perkins at the Family Research Council draw little comfort from the fact that she attended two or three anti-abortion dinners a decade ago. On MSNBC's "Hardball," Perkins said that's not nearly enough.
Is contemporary Christianity only about homosexuality and whether or not the state owns your uterus? If not, why does NPR's Hagerty reduce it to these issues?