"If you don't love America, if you don't like the way we do things, I have one thing to say: Get out! We don't worship Buddha. … We don't worship Muhammad. We don't worship Allah. We worship God. We worship God's son, Jesus Christ!"
Dennis Terry
Pastor of Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Greenwell Springs, La., speaking at a church service attended by presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who stood and applauded (New York Times/RNS)
"I wasn't quite listening to everything, to be honest with you. But I wasn't sure whether he was speaking for himself or speaking generally, but I didn't clap when he said that because it's not how I feel."
Rick Santorum
Presidential candidate, who stood and applauded Dennis Terry's speech, distancing himself from Terry's remarks (CBN/RNS)
"New York Jets fans won't care if he believes in Hare Krishna if he wins."
Steve Herz
Founder and president of New York-based IF Management, on Tim Tebow, an evangelical Christian quarterback who was traded to the New York Jets (New York Daily News/RNS)
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"He is a symbol for those who might for one moment think that the work of civil rights was done in 1964. Think again."
T.D. Jakes
Dallas megachurch pastor, about slain teen Trayvon Martin of Florida (The Huffington Post/RNS)
"In the minds of millions of Americans, family planning of any kind equals abortion. Facts tell a different story: It is the lack of family planning that often leads to abortion."
Richard Cizik
President of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good (The Daily Climate/RNS)
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