"Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people."

People, Giving, Nations, Poor

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"Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people."

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"Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people."

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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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"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."

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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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"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."

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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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"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."

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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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"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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