Political Quotes

“from the time I was a small child my parents taught me that our church was a sacred house of worship, a spiritual place where people of faith could meet, honor God and thank Him for our many blessings. Now as a father, it is my hope that my two young sons will have the same sense of reverence for our church and all houses of worship. Based on those values, it is my opinion that this bill demeans religion and demeans houses of worship by converting them into political campaign organizations. According to the bill itself, its purpose is ``to permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns.'' Madam Speaker, this bill would go so far as to even allow churches to endorse political candidates and to contribute church funds to political campaigns. If I had a malicious intent to import divisiveness into our churches, I could find no better way to do it than to pass this ill-conceived bill into law. That is why this is not just a bad bill, it is a dangerous bill.”