What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. - Tony Campolo 1 Share Now -
But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States? - Tony Campolo 2 Share Now -
If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. - Tony Campolo 3 Share Now -
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? - Tony Campolo 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
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? - Tony Campolo 6 Share Now -
I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. - Tony Campolo 7 Share Now -
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. - Tony Campolo 8 Share Now -
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 9 Share Now -
Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state. - Tony Campolo 10 Share Now -