And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States? Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
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 American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem solved. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0
When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Tony Campolo American Clergyman More Tony Campolo Quotes 0