Tony Campolo Quotes

• I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.

  Tony Campolo

  Topics in Politics

• I don’t know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don’t want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we’re not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Marriage

• I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

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  Topics in Work

• I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.

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  Topics in God

• I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Marriages

• I contend that it’s impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Punishment

• I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren’t some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people.

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  Topics in Justice

• I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

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  Topics in America

  Tags in People

• But I think it’s up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn’t be up to the government.

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  Topics in God

  Tags in Government

• But I contend that if we’re providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn’t we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States?

  Tony Campolo

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in United States, Woman

• And we’ve got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money – I hate to bring this up – are pushing hot buttons.

  Tony Campolo

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Question

Tony Campolo (31)

Birth:	25th February, 1935
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Pastor, Preacher, Professor, Writer

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