John Kennedy actually said...

"If civil liberties and legal rights exist only in the absence of a neighbor's religious objection, then they are not rights, but empty promises."

"I stand with all House Republicans and any Democrats willing to put aside politics in the best interest of the people to defend religious freedom and the rights of religious minorities to worship free..."

"I thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing and for his decades of leadership on this issue and so many issues with regards to our civil rights."

"But there is a difference between exercising religious beliefs and imposing them on others."