Tony Campolo Quotes

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Tony Campolo

Profession : Clergyman

Birth : February 25, 1935

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.

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I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

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Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

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I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.

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President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?

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I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

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If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

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Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.

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There are reasons why Religious Right Evangelicals will continue to dominate religious discourse, not only in their own sector of the Christian community, but also in what transpires in mainline denominations.

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Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.

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Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating Religious Right politics, along with what they deem to be 'old-time gospel preaching.' This is especially true of what comes over the airwaves in Bible Belt southern states.

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Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

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I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

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From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.

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After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding.

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Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill Clinton advocated the AmeriCorps program.

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Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

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In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!

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Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic.

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The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the 'Family Values' issues that they believe should be the overwhelming concerns of Evangelicals. They have expressed their displeasure in letters of protest circulated through the religious media.

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