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" It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp. "

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" Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic. "

Tony Campolo

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" Most Evangelicals have the church to thank for the Sunday-school classes that taught us what the Bible says and paved the way for our eventual decisions to commit our lives to Christ. "

" And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons. "

Tony Campolo

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" My theology is such that the God who loves Israel and will not forsake Israel - which is why I want to see Israel have a secure nation with secure borders - also loves the Palestinians. "

" 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. "

" I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people. "

" Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith. "

" Through the ages, God has used the church to keep alive and pass down the story of what Christ has done for us. "

" To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators. "

" I've got some repenting to do. "

Tony Campolo

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" In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible for consistent Christian living. "

" My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work. "

" I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice. "

" Evangelicals need to take a good look at what their issues are. Are they really being faithful to Jesus? Are they being faithful to the Bible? "

" Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill Clinton advocated the AmeriCorps program. "

" I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion. "

" Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, and make having a personal transforming relationship with the resurrected Christ the touchtone of their faith. "

" I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored. "

" Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church. "

" Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent. "

" So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are. "

" I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages. "

" If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? "

" Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed. "

" Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days. "

" President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people? "

" In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing! "

" But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government. "

" 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. "

" Like most Christians, I believe the Genesis account of creation is a description of six different stages of creation, each of which may have taken eons of time. "