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"I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion."
"Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people."
"I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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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