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

— Tony Campolo

#clinton #committed #expanding #faith-based #george

Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it was the superego - that idealized concept of what a good person is supposed to be and do - given to us by our parents, that condemned us for what had been hitherto regarded as ungodly behavior. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#behavior #concept #condemned #feel #freud

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. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#bill #bill clinton #clinton #during #getting

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

— Tony Campolo

#am #cannot #extremists #i #i am

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#america #contend #good #i #might

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

#called #church #contend #couples #fit

It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#aware #camp #comes #day #democratic

Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.' ↗

— Tony Campolo

#claim #committed #evangelicals #family #family values

I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#call #connotations #couples #deny #evangelicals

I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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