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"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."
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"But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion."
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"My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views."
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"The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other."
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"If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views."
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"A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe."
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"In addition the bill would expand an existing law "conscience clause" that protects physician training programs that refuse to provide training for abortion procedures."
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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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"If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies."
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"I'm against abortion."
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"My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm - as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a representative democracy."
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"I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor."
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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."
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"When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic."
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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."
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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 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."
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"When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?"
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"I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice."
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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."
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"I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment."
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