What Divides Us Pales In Comparison To

The Real Transgression Occurs When Religion Wants Government To Tell Citizens How To Live Uniquely Personal Parts Of Their Lives. The Failure Of Prohibition Proves The Futility Of Such An Attempt When A Majority Or Even A Substantial Minority Happens To Disagree. Some Questions May Be Inherently Individual Ones, Or People May Be Sharply Divided About Whether They Are. In Such Cases, Like Prohibition And Abortion, The Proper Role Of Religion Is To Appeal To The Conscience Of The Individual, Not The Coercive Power Of The State.

My Dad Said: Now Teddy, You Have To Make Up Your Mind Whether You Want To Have A Constructive And Positive Attitude And Influence On Your Time. And If You're Not Interested In A Purposeful, Useful, Constructive Life, I Just Want You To Know I Have Other Children That Are Out There That Intend To Have A Purposeful And Constructive Life. And So You Have To Make Up Your Mind About Which Direction You're Going To Go. I Remember Getting - Climbing Into Bed And Staring At The Ceiling For A Good Time, But The Night Hadn't Been Over When It Was Very Clear To Me What Kind Of Life I Wanted To Lead.

My Brother Need Not Be Idealized, Or Enlarged In Death Beyond What He Was In Life; To Be Remembered Simply As A Good And Decent Man, Who Saw Wrong And Tried To Right It, Saw Suffering And Tried To Heal It, Saw War And Tried To Stop It.

I Have Fallen Short In My Life, But My Faith Has Always Brought Me Home.

Under The Bush Administration, Openness And Accountability Have Been Replaced By Secrecy And Evasion Of Responsibility. They Abuse Their Power, Conceal Their Actions From The American People, And Refuse To Hold Officials Accountable.