When We Vest Our Personal Opinions With

When We Vest Our Personal Opinions With The Trappings Of Religion, We Make Religion The Servant Of Our Politics.

As A Senator, I Worried Every Day About The Size Of The Federal Deficit. I Did Not Spend A Single Minute Worrying About The Effect Of Gays On The Institution Of Marriage. Today It Seems To Be The Other Way Around.

The Starting Point Is The Recognition That Throughout History, Religion Has Been A Cause Of Bloodshed, And It Remains So Today. Because Religion Has Contributed To The World's Problems, It Must Develop Specific And Practical Ways To Help Solve Those Problems.

We Have A God-given Commission, But It Is Not A Commission To Be Self-righteous Know-it-alls- Quite The Contrary. Our Work In God's World Begins With The Acknowledgment That We Are Not God, And That Our Most Bitter Rivals Are Made In God's Image.

Japan Is A Great Nation. It Should Begin To Act Like One.