“A moment of silence is not a government endorsement of religion just because someone might use the time for prayer.”
David Cortman
Senior legal counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, responding to a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld a Texas law that requires public school students to observe a daily minute of silence (RNS)
“Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible.”
Charles Krauthammer
Syndicated columnist, arguing against President Obama’s decision to remove restrictions on use of embryonic stem cells for scientific research (Washington Post)
“It would just be equal treatment for everybody. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a cowboy and take off your cowboy hat, a nun. No glasses, no Harley-Davidson bandanas, nothing on your head, no masks, nothing.”
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Rex Duncan
Oklahoma legislator, explaining his proposal to ban all head coverings for driver’s licenses photos (Daily Oklahoman/RNS)
“I wouldn’t give you a nickel for deafness, but, let me say, I wouldn’t take a million dollars for what I have learned because I have had to cope with this handicap.”
Glenn Hinson
Senior professor of church history and spirituality at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, commenting on the loss of hearing that has paralleled his teaching ministry (ABP)
“There’s probably a God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
United Church of Canada
In a new ad campaign to counter an atheist ad campaign on buses that says: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” (RNS)
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