Steve Danley — captain and star of Penn’s basketball team — wonders in an essay why more Penn students don’t invite their hallmates to church.

It’s an interesting question. When I was an undergraduate, I snuck out to church as if I was doing something shameful.

Now as an adult, I may talk about being “spiritual” but don’t necessarily volunteer that I’m a church-goer. Partly this comes from my disgust with right-wing Christianity and what those political groups stand for. If they define “Christianity”, I don’t want to call myself Christian. Nor do I want to associate myself with the proselytizers who creep around asking “Are you saved? Won’t you accept Jesus as your personal savior?”

A friend of mine once declaimed at a party “Cheryl goes to church, but it’s ok. She’s a good person.”

I’m glad some Penn students are reclaiming public space to talk about having faith. I’m trying to reclaim space for my faith and hoping to join others to reclaim the public discourse so people of all faiths can claim their beliefs — and still be “good people.”