Political Quotes

“I think it is important for some of us to say that we were raised in church, and that we are religious people. We went to Sunday school every Sunday when I was a little girl coming up. We went back to the 11 a.m. service with our parents, and then we went back at 6 o'clock in the evening to BYPU for the young people. I do not want anybody to think that because we are against this bill, somehow we are not religious, or we do not believe in religion. We certainly do. What we do not believe in is discrimination. We cannot, as public policymakers who understand the Constitution and appreciate it, and understand the struggle of those people who came to this country fleeing religious oppression, sit here and allow something called a faith-based program to reinstitute discrimination. It is wrong, and we cannot stand for that. Religious organizations in this country participate in this government in many ways. For those people who say we have to have this bill in order to have participation, they are wrong. Let me just tell the Members, last year Lutheran Services, the largest faith-based organization to receive government aid, received about $2.7 billion, Jewish organizations received about $2 billion in government aid, Catholic Charities received $1.4 billion, and the Salvation Army received $400 million. So what are we talking about?…”