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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

The principalities of urban violence.
Jim Dickerson 3-01-1996

In many ways I feel like a hypocrite in regards to my actions at the Capitol.

Bob Holum 3-01-1996

The rule of law in a free society is an expression of the social contract between the governed and government and between the people and each other.

Joe Roos 3-01-1996

THE OLD TESTAMENT prophets claimed, and the New Testament witnesses affirmed, that a society will be judged (by God) most fundamentally by the way it has treated the poorest and most marginalized in its midst.

Paul Weiss 3-01-1996

Jesus made it clear that we must love our brothers and sisters as he loved us.

Ellen Watkins 3-01-1996

Why would I, a peaceful, usually law-abiding grandmother of four (not even a parking ticket) break the habit of a lifetime and become the "little old lady in tennis shoes"...

Gordon Cosby 3-01-1996

The great deliverer of the Hebrew people was Moses.

Rose Marie Berger 3-01-1996
If we could split ourselves
Good parenting--the teaching of values--takes time.
Killian Noe 3-01-1996

Perhaps I can best explain why I knowingly chose to break the law by recalling a conversation I had with my 7-year-old daughter before she left for school on the morning of December 7.

Tony Campolo 3-01-1996

The Bible gives very clear instructions that Christians should be subject to government authorities (Romans 13:1-4).

Maia Twedt 3-01-1996

The story of poverty must be told again and again until we all recognize a responsibility to search for solutions and develop a passion to work toward their implementation.

Heather Wengerd 3-01-1996

As a social worker at Bread for the City and Zacchaeus Free Clinic, I have had many experiences with those who are suffering.

Carol Wilkerson 3-01-1996

The law is our mutually created instrument to protect impartially the common good and individual rights from abuses by individuals, groups, or the state.

Richard K. Taylor 3-01-1996
It is wrong to make an idol out of the law.
Various Authors 3-01-1996

What do we do when conscience and the law are at odds?

William O'Brien 3-01-1996

The democratic tradition at its best has always had those who act on conscience in such ways that knowingly defy the immediacy of legal regulation.

Dee Dee Risher 3-01-1996

The political leaders in place at this time are constructing social policy and vision that is fundamentally destructive of human life and well-being, particularly of those most marginalized by our governmental system.

Latinos' culture of healing draws on Christian and indigenous traditions.