I never feel embarrassed to walk into a room and tell everybody I'm a virgin.--"Miss Wisconsin," Mary-Louise Kurey, at antiabortion "Rally for Life," State Capitol, Madison, WI. (Wisconsin State Journal, May 14, 2000)
God is our commander-in-chief and if we follow his lead we will continue to have victories.--Wis. State Rep. Sheryl Albers, R-Loganville, at antiabortion "Rally for Life," State Capitol, Madison, WI. (Wisconsin State Journal, May 14, 2000)
If a miracle involves God's contravening the laws of nature to redirect the ordinary course of events, I begin to have some problems. . . . If we can't rely on the regularity of nature, most of life becomes impossible. . . .--Prof. Philip Hefner, director, Zygon Center for Religion and Science ("Why I Don't Believe in Miracles," Newsweek, May 1, 2000)
The God of the Jews cannot be understood, approached, or loved. He is wrath and terror; he is not a god of kindness and love. . . . --Andrea Dworkin, Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation (Simon & Schuster, June 2000)
At issue at the beginning of the 21st century is the growing perception--one seldom contested by those who know the priesthood well--that the priesthood is or is becoming a gay profession.--Rev. Donald B. Cozzens, author, The Changing Face of the Priesthood (Liturgical Press) (Arizona Republic, April 2, 2000)
I'm an atheist. . . . how unfortunate it is to assign responsibility to the higher up for justice amongst people.--Folksinger Ani DiFranco, interview by Matthew Rothschild (The Progressive, May 2000)
. . . when you look at the official Ohio state motto [With God, all things are possible] in context, you do not find a general statement of namby-pamby belief . . . What is incomprehensible, then, is that the Christian church didn't protest that motto from the get-go. . . .--Religion editor William Wineke, "God and our mottoes don't mix." (Wisconsin State Journal, April 29, 2000)
The pope might also engage in a little soul searching about the consequences of the church's position on birth control. Forbidding the use of birth control in over-populated Third World countries contributes to human misery the church might not want on its conscience in years to come.--Arizona Republic Editorial, March 14, 2000
Government has no business meddling with citizens' closely held beliefs. Attempts to introduce religion into public life may seem benign at first, but they are always wrong. And they should always be resisted.--Post-Standard [Syracuse, New York] Editorial, March 17, 2000
Perhaps the [U.S. Congressional Chaplaincy] position should be abolished, preventing its use as a political football and allowing members of Congress to receive spiritual counseling where they choose.--San Antonio Express-News Editorial, March 28, 2000
We may look at the religious wars suffered in places such as Ireland, Israel, Bosnia and Nigeria and feel somehow better, more advanced. We're not. . . . The unique thing that keeps our faithful living in peaceful coexistence is the organizational structure we live under--the First Amendment's religion clauses, promising religious freedom and that government will stay out of the matter entirely.--Robyn E. Blumner, St. Petersburg Times columnist ("The freedom from religion," Sacramento Bee, April 6, 2000)
A shop owner came down the street and said that we better keep the property up or he would report us, and that he'd rather have a bar in this space, essentially anybody but a church.--Rev. Greg Belcher, Covenant Baptist Church, Apex, North Carolina (Wall Street Journal article on "storefront churches," Toronto Globe & Mail, March 21, 2000)
It sounds like heresy to say this, but I think it's time to abolish the legal oath as a tool for encouraging witnesses in court proceedings to tell the truth. Asking someone to swear an oath on a religious book or symbol can be intrusive; in a multicultural society such as Canada's, with a wide variety of religious beliefs, the administration of oaths can be impractical; and their use is certainly inconsistent.--Judge Ted Matlow, Superior Court of Justice, Toronto ("Let's swear off the oath in court," Toronto Globe & Mail, March 14, 2000)
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