Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion. – Ernest Istook
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. – Ernest Istook
Its good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we dont fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace. – Ernest Istook
We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You cant have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem. – Ernest Istook