"Barack Obama says what he has to say as a politician. I say what I have to say as a pastor. But they're two different worlds."
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"I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God."
"I think one of the things the church service means is hope."
"Barack Obama's a politician, I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences."
"God damn America for treating her citizens as less than human!"
"I do what I do. Barack Obama does what politicians do."
"You should understand that private faith does not force public decisions. That's how you work at compromise. I haven't given up what I believe, but I live in community - in a city, state, nation, and world - with people who don't believe what I believe. That doesn't make them defective or inferior."
"I think that criticism is unjustified. It's a cute term, but noone shouldn't be criticized for who he is."