“If the new conservative coalition is going to be a governing coalition, it’s going to have to have a significant number of Hispanics in it. That’s dictated by demographics, and you don’t get large numbers of Hispanics to support you when you’re engaged in anti-Hispanic immigration rhetoric.”
Richard Land
The president of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission was speaking on National Public Radio about why he supports comprehensive immigration reform which many Republicans oppose. (RNS)
“You can’t tithe what you don’t have. We’re fighting for our lives just like a business.”
Dan Brown
The pastor of Anchor Assembly of God in Bayou La Batre, Ala., was speaking after his church filed a $50,000 claim with oil company BP, citing a $12,000 drop in giving and tithing and another $38,000 in lost revenues expected next year due to the oil spill. (RNS)
“I was in prayer and God said, ‘Listen, if the Muslims can build a temple to their false god at Ground Zero, why can’t there be a place dedicated to the true God of the Bible on that same area?”
Bill Keller
The Florida evangelist was speaking to Charisma magazine on his plans to open a “9/11 Christian Center” in response to a proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. (RNS)