Republicans attacked James Talarico over ‘God is nonbinary.’ He says Charlie Kirk made the same point

Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said he was being “provocative” when he said “God is nonbinary.” But he defended the underlying theological argument, saying the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk also believed God could not be defined by human categories.The Democrat addressed his 2021 comment, which Republicans have repeatedly used to attack him, during a televised town hall Wednesday hosted by CNN and Jubilee. He also discussed abortion rights, gender-affirming care, immigration, and a range of other policy issues.A question about gender and theology came from voter Sarah Gardner, who said she had concerns rooted in her faith about his past comments on “things such as God is nonbinary, questions about how many genders there really are, and your justifications using the Bible for abortion.”Related: JD Vance, who once thought he was gay before changing his name twice, suggests James Talarico is gayTalarico said he agreed with Gardner on an important point. He said God is an “absolute source of truth.” But he added that Christians have disagreed about how to apply the Gospel since the faith’s earliest days.“We as Christians, you and I are both members of the body of Christ. You are my sister in Christ,” he said. “And it’s okay if you and I have disagreements about our interpretations of Scripture or certainly about political and policy topics. That should be encouraged, not discouraged. And we can do that as we’re called to do in Scripture, do it with love.”He then said he wanted to clarify his prior comments about gender.“I know that this has been used in these attack ads all over the state. The first comment about God not being defined by gender, when I said that I was being provocative, and I want to admit that and come clean about that,” he said. “But I think what I was saying is actually not controversial theologically, the idea that we can’t define God using human categories. Not only did I say that, but