 I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. |
| The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again. |
| Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people. |
| That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved. |
| When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic. |
| I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice. |
| If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be. |
| I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. |
| I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God. |
| I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. |
