Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion. – Ernest Istook
Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes – and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom. – 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
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
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good… There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness. – Jonathan Sacks