Personal Life
Powers was raised Episcopalian but later spent much of her adult life as an atheist, only to come to "view everyone as God's child and that means everyone deserves grace and respect." She now identifies as a Christian stating: "I’m an Orthodox Christian. I’d say evangelical but that word is too loaded with cultural baggage, so I say Orthodox instead. I came to this faith later in life so for people who have known me for a long time this fact is still a bit of a mind bender. Honestly, it’s still kind of a mind bender for me too considering the atheistic world in which I happily resided for so long."
Powers married Dr. Marty Makary, Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in January 2010.
Powers briefly dated former Congressman Anthony Weiner in 2002, and remained his close friend after their romantic relationship ended. After initially defending him when the story of Weiner's sexting scandal first broke in May 2011, Powers later condemned his conduct and called for his resignation from Congress.
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