Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. – Tony Campolo
But I think its up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldnt be up to the government. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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
A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper shelf… For a month or two it will occupy a few minutes of chat in every drawing-room, and a few columns in every magazine; and it will then be withdrawn, to make room for the forthcoming novelties. – Thomas Babington Macaulay