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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
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I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
Tony Campolo
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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
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I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor.
Tony Campolo
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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.
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When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to Christian television networks - and there are thousands of Christian television shows across the country - they are all politically right.
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If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.
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I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
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I think there are other issues that the Democrats could use to rally evangelicals. There are a lot of us, for instance, who believe that the Bible calls us to be environmentally responsible.
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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
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I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.
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My theology is such that the God who loves Israel and will not forsake Israel - which is why I want to see Israel have a secure nation with secure borders - also loves the Palestinians.
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I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.
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I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.
Tony Campolo
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