It would be catastrophic if one day these fundamentalists Christians gain enough political power to enforce their literal understanding of Mosaic Law.

Real love cannot be silent in the face of injustice.

In my lowest moments, when I genuinely longed for death, I knew that Jesus would walk with me through that valley as well.

When you stand with the outcasts, you stand with Jesus, and when you despise the outcast, you despise Jesus, as well. Becoming an activist is simply a matter of putting love into action.

The words 'God is love' conclude a biblical warning, not a warm and fuzzy slogan. 'He who doesn't love [his neighbor] doesn't love God, for God is love.'

There's something in the cross that says this is not just about my "salvation" but about the "salvation" of all those who suffer injustice and inequality.

Doing justice, loving mercy, seeking truth...these are the issues [the Bible] is clear on.

My commitment to the Bible [is my] source of progressive values.

I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.

Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.

It's beginning to feel like there is no room in America for anyone who is not a fundamentalist Christian.

We need to stop telling [women], "Get a mentor and you will excel." Instead, we need to tell them, "Excel and you will get a mentor.

Find creative ways to express your love.

Unborn eternity does not die

Time is a snow globe; you shake it and everything changes.

I see the work the pope has to do. It is a huge responsibility. Nobody campaigns for it.

Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us.

I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.

Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power.

Hell is not fire and brimstone, not a place where you are punished for lying or cheating or stealing. Hell is wanting to be something and somewhere different from where you are.

I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.