 But I have made no plans to run for any office right now. |
| It would bother me if a judge told me how I had to believe. |
| Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion. |
| It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God. |
| Rights come from God, not from government. |
| And government's only role is to secure our rights for us. |
| They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge. |
| The Constitution was about a limitation on power. |
| The Church's role should be separated from the state's role. |
| To do my duty, I must obey God. |
| I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection. |
| The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment. |
| Power's not what the Constitution was about. |
| But in the long term, I think it is improper to limit your future. |
| The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government. |
| If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you. |
| Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists. |
| The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law. |
| Well, that's the - the removal from office and removal of the Ten Commandments were two different issues. |
| They don't want to be reminded that there is an authority higher than the authority of the state. |
