according to matthew franck, the author is a religious historian.e and he declared himself to be quite a prominent muslim thinker in the united states as well. the author is reza aslan. go to first things.com for the rest of the interesting story. conroversy tonight following a trip to brazil. on copacabana beach. more than 3 milon people responded to questions about the clergs sating that if a person is gay, see god, and has good will, whom i to judge? they should not be marginalized. joining outhis father jonathan morris. our fox news religious contributor. a great guy. so great to have you. he could have said many things that would've gotten more attention. in the church and out. it seems lik the national media should have done a better job on copacabana beach. >>hat is right. according to city hall of rio de janeiro, 2.2 million people on a 4-mile stretch of beach. so there's not a sporting team, there's not a rockstar there, it is just amazing. what amazes me is that i saw this guy, now pope francis, walking through st. peter's square just a fe