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得克萨斯州民主党联邦参议院候选人遭遇一名基督教选民质疑其信仰的真诚性
作者：罗伯特·麦格里维，福克斯新闻
詹姆斯·塔拉里科称自己将上帝称为“非二元性别”的言论“刻意挑衅”且“令人反感”
得克萨斯州州众议员、该州联邦参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在周三晚间的CNN市政厅活动中承认，他此前将上帝称为“非二元性别”的言论“刻意挑衅”，且发表方式“令人反感”。图片来源：CNN
得克萨斯州民主党联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在周三晚间的CNN市政厅活动中，为自己过往将上帝称为“非二元性别”、并援引《圣经》为自己支持堕胎权的立场辩护的言论进行了辩解。
在这场采取“禧年”形式、允许选民与候选人一对一交锋的市政厅活动中，塔拉里科与一名来自得州的基督教选民展开了对话，后者就他过往的相关言论向他施压。
“你过去在信仰和社会议题方面发表过一些令人担忧的言论，比如称上帝是非二元性别，质疑性别到底有多少种，还援引《圣经》为堕胎权辩护，”小企业主莎拉·加德纳对塔拉里科说道。
“因此，我认为这让很多基督教选民质疑你信仰的真诚性。我想直接问你一个问题：你是否相信《圣经》是绝对的真理来源，是上帝最终的权威话语，哪怕与我们当下的文化相悖？”她问道。
配图说明： 2025年9月9日，得克萨斯州奥斯汀，詹姆斯·塔拉里科在其竞选总部拍摄肖像照，当时他宣布竞选现任参议员约翰·科宁所持有的席位。（卡拉汉·奥黑尔 摄，《华盛顿邮报》/盖蒂图片社）
“是的，”塔拉里科回应道，“我认为重要的是要记住，即便早期教会——那些真正认识拿撒勒人耶稣的门徒所在的教会——我们通常将其描述为一个单一的整体，但实际上当时存在多个早期教会社群，因为当时存在大量分歧和辩论。”
泰德·克鲁兹及保守派回应塔拉里科称学校圣经相关教育为“宣传”的言论
塔拉里科随后将自己过往的言论描述为“刻意挑衅”，并将自己对经文的解读与查理·柯克的观点相提并论。
配图说明： 2026年5月29日，得克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，民主党联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在集会上发表讲话。（摄影：罗纳尔多·施密特/法新社 盖蒂图片社）
“我想澄清一下你提到的几件事，因为我知道这些言论被该州各地的攻击广告利用了，”他开场说道。
被曝光的采访：塔拉里科称自己“憎恨基督教”
“首先是关于上帝不受性别定义的言论，我当时就是故意挑衅。我想承认这一点，坦诚这一点。但我认为我当时想说的内容，在神学上其实并无争议。我们无法用人类的范畴来定义上帝，不仅我这么说过，已故的查理·柯克也这么说过，已故的教皇本笃十六世也这么说过。没错，我当时发表言论的方式或许确实令人反感，我承认这一点，”他说道。
配图说明： 2026年8月31日，得克萨斯州克尔维尔，民主党联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里奥在凯尤克斯剧院的竞选集会上发表讲话。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社）
作为得克萨斯州州参议员的塔拉里科此前曾表示：“上帝兼具男性和女性特质，以及两者之间的一切。上帝是非二元性别。在《创世记》第1章第26节中，上帝用复数形式谈论自己，说道：‘我们要照着我们的形象，按着我们的样式造人。’”
专家驳斥塔拉里科称其议程基于耶稣教义的 viral 言论：“这是在曲解《圣经》”
他还驳斥了“《圣经》明确提及堕胎”的说法。
“认为在堕胎议题上存在一套统一的基督教正统教义，这完全不符合经文原意，”他在2025年做客《乔·罗根体验秀》时说道。
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Talarico dismisses past comments about God and gender as ‘provocative’ while invoking Charlie Kirk
October 15, 2026 8:27am EDT / Fox News
The Texas Democratic Senate candidate faced a Christian voter who questioned the authenticity of his faith
By Robert McGreevy, Fox News
James Talarico says his comments calling God nonbinary were ‘provocative’ and ‘annoying’
Texas State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, admitted in a Wednesday night CNN town hall that his previous comments referring to God as nonbinary were “provocative” and done “in an annoying way.” Credit: CNN
Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico dismissed his past comments referring to God as “nonbinary” and using the Bible to justify his pro-choice stance on abortion during a Wednesday night CNN town hall.
Participating in a “Jubilee”-style town hall in which voters confronted him one-on-one, Talarico met with a fellow Christian from Texas who pressed him on his past statements.
“You’ve said some concerning things in the past kind of related to faith and social issues. Things such as God is nonbinary, questions about how many genders there really are and your justifications using the Bible for abortion,” Sarah Gardner, a small business owner, said to Talarico.
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“And so, I think that’s led a lot of Christian voters to question the authenticity of your faith. And I wanted to ask you a very direct question. Do you believe that the Bible is the absolute source of truth and God’s final authoritative word, even when our culture says otherwise?” she asked.
State Representative James Talarico poses for a portrait at his campaign headquarters after launching his campaign for the seat currently held by Senator John Cornyn in Austin, Texas, on September 9, 2025.(Callaghan O’Hare for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“Yes,” Talarico replied. “And I think it’s important to remember that even the early church, the disciples who actually knew Jesus of Nazareth, the early church, we often talk about as a singular body when, in reality, was more like early churches because there was a lot of disagreement, there was a lot of debate.”
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Talarico then went on to explain his past comments as being “provocative,” drawing a parallel to his own interpretation of scripture to Charlie Kirk’s.
Democrat candidate for US Senate James Talarico speaks during a rally in San Antonio, Texas, on May 29, 2026.(Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
“I actually want to clarify a few of the things that you said, because I know that this has been used in these attack ads all over the state,” he began.
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“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. 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 the late Charlie Kirk said that, the late Pope Benedict said that. And so, yes, I was doing it, maybe in an annoying way, I can admit that,” he said.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally at the Cailloux Theater on August 31, 2026 in Kerrville, Texas.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Talarico, a state senator in Texas, previously said, “God is both masculine and feminine, and everything in between. God is nonbinary. In Genesis 1:26, God speaks of God’s self in the plural, saying, ‘Let us make man in our image.’”
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He also dismissed the notion that the Bible refers to abortion.
“The idea that there is a set Christian orthodoxy on the issue of abortion is just not rooted in Scripture,” he said during a 2025 appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Talarico campaign for further comment.