#secular

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#argument #become #discussion #into #liberal

I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#common #each #faith #frame #french

It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#dedicated #rites #secular #travel

Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#everybody #formed #forward #intellectual #know

We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had. ↗

— John Legend

#choice #gospel #growing #growing up #had

'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for. ↗

— Eric Liu

#christian faith #every #faith #just #life

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#because #color #crow #deny #gay

Reading is the last act of secular prayer. ↗

— Richard Powers

#last #prayer #reading #secular

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#angry #atheism #atheists #more #people

Secular writers can tell a story about the physical, the emotional, and the intellectual parts of a character. But no matter how well they tell the story, they miss a facet that is innately part of all of us - the spiritual. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

#character #emotional #facet #how #innately