Quote by Gene Robinson
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I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion. – Gene Robinson

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Ive long been really intrigued with what is the… proper role of faith and religion in public life. – Gene Robinson

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Faith
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The states interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds. – Gene Robinson

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You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures. – Gene Robinson

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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. – Anais Nin

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Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it. – Diderot, Pensées philosophiques, 1746

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The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults. – Emily Greene Balch

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Religion

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