Quote by Tony Campolo
President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and

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? – Tony Campolo

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I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. – Tony Campolo

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But I contend that if were providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldnt we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States? – Tony Campolo

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So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present. – Tony Campolo

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