“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.” UseChurchIssuesClearTeachingSonGayMethodRelatedAbortionGay MarriageContraceptives Author:Pope Francis
“Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors who perform abortions. The words themselves are latent, inert, harmless - until they aren't.” TodayChristianViolenceCenturyGayDoctorsMurderSlaveryTheologyAbortionJustifyDoctor WhoCrusadesLatentChristian Theology Author:Amy Waldman
“Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never spoke English; was not an American citizen; anti-capitalism; totally anti-death penalty; anti-public prayer (Matthew 6:5); but never once anti-gay; didn't mention abortion; and was a long-haired, brown-skinned, homeless, middle-eastern, Jew?” WantLongGuyPrayerMiddleCitizensGayCapitalismVoteJewViolentPeacefulRadicalRevolutionaryAbortionBrownSpokesHungPenaltiesHomelessEasternDeath PenaltyAmerican CitizensMatthewCrooksNon ViolentLeperAnti Gay Author:John Fugelsang
“Christianity is seen by more and more people as a negative message: anti gay, anti immigrant, anti abortion (as the only life issue), anti gay marriage, anti the Democratic party.” PeoplePartyChristianityIssuesGayMessagesNegativeDemocraticAbortionImmigrantsGay MarriageDemocratic PartyAnti AbortionAnti Gay Author:Richard Rohr
“Our role as artist is more controversial now because there are those, claiming the absolute authority of religion, who detest much of our work as much as they detest most of our politics. Instead of rationally debating subjects like abortion or gay rights, they condemn as immoral those who favor choice and tolerance. They disown their own dark side and magnify everyone else's until, at the extreme, doctors are murdered in the name of protecting life. I wonder, who is this God they invoke, who is so petty and mean? Is God really against gun control and food stamps for poor children?” MeanChildrenArtistChoicesNamesSidesDarkPoorWonderRolesRightsSubjectsGayAuthorityGunDoctorsAbsolutesExtremesFavorsToleranceAbortionGun ControlStampsImmoralPettyControversialDark SideGay RightsInvokeDetestFood StampsPoor Children Author:Barbra Streisand
“There can be people who feel one way about gay rights, another way about gay rights. There can be people who have different views on abortion. But we respect each other. I think we learn from each other. And we understand that ultimately we have the same values.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsDifferentValuesViewsRightsGayOne WayAbortionAnother WayGay RightsDifferent ViewsRespect Each Other Author:Rudy Giuliani
“You've got these twenty million people who call themselves the Evangelical Christians who will put their hand up and say, I believe in the devil, I'm against abortion and gay rights, and we have to blow up the world. It's frightening.” PeopleWorldBelieveHandsChristianI BelieveMillionsRightsGayDevilTwentiesBlowI Believe InAbortionFrighteningGay RightsEvangelicalHands UpAgainst Abortion Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Abortion is a states' rights issue. Education is a states' right issue. Medicinal marijuana is a states' rights issue. Gay marraige is a states' rights issue. Assisted suicide- like Terri Schiavo- is a states' rights issue. Come to think of it, almost every issue is a states' rights issue. Let's get the federal government out of our lives.” ThinkingStatesGovernmentIssuesOur LivesRightsGaySuicideAbortionMarijuanaFederal GovernmentStates RightsAssisted Suicide Author:Wayne Allyn Root
“Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of open borders.” SchoolChoicesCitiesRightsNew YorkGayVoteUnionsFavorsBordersChampionAbortionNew York CityGay MarriageGay RightsRudyPro AbortionSchool Choice Author:James Dobson
“This is the thing I've never understood: If someone is going to hell for being gay or being a Jew or a Muslim or having an abortion, then what are you worried about? You don't need to try and convert these people or try and save them. If you really believe in your religion, these people are already doomed, so stop worrying about them.” PeopleIfsNeedsTryingBelieveWorryHellGayUnderstoodJewWorriedAbortionDoomedBelieve In YouBeing GayStop Worrying Author:Lewis Black
“The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and human cloning, but the fact that some people find such acts to be disgusting should carry no weight.” PeopleShouldHumansMayFactsMoralSourceBirthGayArgumentWeightInsightBe GoodAbortionDisgustingGay MarriageUnreliableIrrationalityCloningAgainst Gay MarriageHuman Cloning Author:Paul Bloom
“They can say that abortion is alright. They can vote to sustain gay marriage. And that will take western civilization, indeed other nations because people look to our country as one nation as under God and whenever we legislate sin and we say abortion is permissible and we say gay unions are permissible, then average citizens who are not Christians, because they don't know better, we are leading them astray and it's wrong.” PeopleKnowsLooksCountryChristianNationsSinCitizensCivilizationGayVoteUnionsWesternAverageScaryOur CountryAbortionGay MarriageAlrightWestern Civilization Author:Katherine Harris
“I said those things about gay rights and abortion on opposite day. I cannot BELIEVE you don't have opposite day in North Carolina!” BelieveSaidRightsGayOppositesAbortionGay RightsCarolinaNorth Carolina Author:Mitt Romney
“The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world.” WorldLawGreaterRightsMovementGayComputerThreatNuclearAbortionPornographyGay RightsNuclear FamiliesAbortion Laws Author:Alvin Toffler
“I'm definitely always drawn to the injustice of people who have been imprisoned for things they didn't do. But also lots about abortion and gay marriage. Civil issues are usually what I am drawn to.” PeopleHas BeensIssuesGayInjusticeAbortionGay Marriage Author:Natalie Maines
“Ed "The Truth Is Illegal" Markey responded to Teamster support for ANWR by dismissively sniffing, it was only "one issue." Luckily, the Democrats have all those other issues dear to the heart of the average blue-collar worker: abortion on demand, gay marriage and taxpayer-funded crucifixes submerged in urine.” HeartSupportIssuesTruth IsGayDemandBlueDemocratWorkersDearAverageAbortionIllegalGay MarriageTaxpayersCollarsBlue CollarSubmergedSniffingBlue Collar WorkersAnwr Author:Ann Coulter
“I look at American Christianity and I'm almost in despair. I don't want to be identified with it. The Christian vote in America is an anti-abortion, anti-homosexual vote. I consider that to be anti-female and anti-gay, and I don't want to be identified with a God who is anti-anything.” WantLooksChristianAmericaChristianityGayDespairFemaleVoteAbortionHomosexualAnti AbortionAnti Gay Author:John Shelby Spong
“Abortion and gay marriage are the political hot-buttons of the day. There are lot of things going wrong in the world, hate is running amok, so why just focus on these two hot-buttons and not everything else?” WorldTwoRunningPoliticalHateFocusGayHotAbortionButtonsGay Marriage Author:Robert Hood
“If we were to sit and discuss abortion and legalizing marijuana and gay marriage and all those things, you'd be surprised where you'd see me on the side of some of that stuff. People get their opinions - as soon as you're a real flag-waving patriot, then all of a sudden you're a conservative.” PeopleIfsRealStuffSidesOpinionGayConservativeAbortionFlagsMarijuanaPatriotGay MarriageLegalizing MarijuanaFlag Waving Author:Toby Keith
“Pushing gun control drives people [in my district] crazy, gay marriage, abortion, deficit spending.All of that stuff adds up to be a problem for Democrats.” PeopleProblemStuffCrazyGayGunAddDemocratSpendingAbortionPushingGun ControlDeficitGay MarriageDeficit Spending Author:Collin Peterson
“The Democrats pretended to care about black people for about five minutes to help their electoral process, and then civil rights suddenly became abortion on demand, gay marriage, rights for the homeless, etc.” PeopleHelpingCareBlackGayDemocratCivil RightsAbortionBlack PeopleHomelessGay Marriage Author:Ann Coulter
“I was morose that the Era of Barack Obama has returned us to a period where everything is racist, everyone is walking on eggshells, and you get the moral preening from white liberals who don't actually even know any black people. But, oh, do they love to get on their high horses and accuse Republicans of being racist for opposing very liberal government policies and a very liberal Democratic president. It's an extension of the civil rights label being slapped on gay marriage and abortion. Allow me to be bi-partisan for a moment, and love this moment because it won't last long.” PeopleLongMomentsBlackPresidentMoralPolicyWalkingRepublicanGayHorseDemocraticCivil RightsBarackAbortionRacistBlack PeopleGay MarriageMorose Author:Ann Coulter
“I think fundamentally, the real power behind the anti-choice movement in regard to abortion and the opposition to the rights of LGBT Americans is fundamentally religious. I know that there are people who are secularists who have problems with the rights of gay people and problems with reproductive choice, but frankly those people are few in number.” PeopleThinkingRealProblemChoicesReligiousGayAbortionLgbtGay People Author:Barry W. Lynn
“A significant fraction of evangelical voters appear more likely to ignore the candidates' specific economic and foreign policy platforms in favor of concerns about gay marriage or abortion.” EconomicPolicyGayConcernFavorsSignificantCandidatesAbortionVotersForeign PolicyPlatformsGay MarriageFractionsEvangelical Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does.” IfsDoeStillsDifferentCountryViewsGayResearchNeighborCellsAbortionPatrioticStemGay MarriageStem CellDifferent ViewsStem Cell ResearchEmbryonic Stem Cell Research Author:Phil McGraw
“The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.” ThinkingSeemsFaithReligiousMoralPovertyIssuesMediaGayAbortionGay MarriageMoral Issues Author:Jim Wallis
“I do not believe a person can take two issues from Scripture, those being abortion and gay marriage, and adhere to them as sins, then neglect much of the rest and call himself a fundamentalist or even a conservative. The person who believes the sum of his morality involves gay marriage and abortion alone, and neglects health care and world trade and the environment and loving his neighbor and feeding the poor is, by definition, a theological liberal, because he takes what he wants from Scripture and ignores the rest.” WorldWantBelievePersonsTwoCareSinPoorIssuesEnvironmentMoralityGayTradeDefinitionsConservativeNeighborScriptureHealth CareAbortionNeglectFeedingGay MarriageTheologicalFundamentalistWorld Trade Author:Donald Miller
“The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again.” TwoCommunityIssuesGayHotThese DaysAbortionButtonsDefiningEvangelical Author:Tony Campolo