“We want this to be a political mud pit for Obama. Our mission is to tar him with the blood of the babies so he can never shake it between now and 2012.”
RANDALL TERRY. The anti-abortion activist was referring to plans to protest President Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame on May 17. (RNS)
“To be pro-life, you have to be pro-life across the board. And we have a president who says I want every student to graduate from high school, who says I want health care for every American, who says we’re going to tackle poverty — all of those are pro-life.”
SISTER HELEN PREJEAN. The anti-death penalty activist was commenting on the furor from anti-abortion activists over President Obama’s Notre Dame address. (RNS)
“It’s hard for totalitarian and communist regimes to understand what religious freedom means. They think it means, ‘We let them sing. We let them have Bibles.’ But they don’t let them grow, proselytize or speak about it outside their meeting places.”
MICHAEL CROMARTIE. The member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was interviewed by World magazine. (RNS)