--- title: "10 Protect Religious Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Protect Religious quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Protect Religious sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/tom-malinowski-5887_days_the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired_2838873.jpg" --- > [The first shots the United States fired in its fight with the Islamic State were to protect a religious minority: the Yazidis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-malinowski/the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired-in-its-fight-with-the-islamic/) [Tom Malinowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-malinowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/tom-malinowski-5887_days_the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired_2838873.jpg) > [What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-graham/what-i-want-to-do-is-protect-the-religious-liberties-of-those-who/) [Lindsey Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/lindsey-graham-3593_believe_what-i-want-to-do-is-protect-the-religio_1009382.jpg) > [Depictions or expressions of sex, violence, crime are all permitted virtually without limit; but religion, it seems, never.No wonder many in America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cornyn/depictions-or-expressions-of-sex-violence-crime-are-all-permitted/) [John Cornyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cornyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/john-cornyn-11060_america_depictions-or-expressions-of-sex-violenc_364771.jpg) > [To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/to-those-who-cite-the-first-amendment-as-reason-for-excluding-god/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ronald-reagan-119_amendments_to-those-who-cite-the-first-amendment-as_1345710.jpg) > [Kids need love and kids are not getting enough love in America because kids haven't been going the right way. We need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-ayanbadejo/kids-need-love-and-kids-are-not-getting-enough-love-in-america/) [Brendon Ayanbadejo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendon-ayanbadejo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/brendon-ayanbadejo-59444_allowing_kids-need-love-and-kids-are-not-getting_58325.png) > [The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-our-religious-liberty-to-ensure/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/ted-cruz-487_able_the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-ou_36268.png) > [You could protect a religious minority against gays and lesbians. Or you could protect gays and lesbians against a religious minority. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-butler/you-could-protect-a-religious-minority-against-gays-and-lesbians-or/) [Judith Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/judith-butler-1374_gay_you-could-protect-a-religious-minority-a_1145098.jpg) > [Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-international-level-are/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/pope-francis-85_antagonism_legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-i_3162455.png) > [“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. When our Founding Fathers passed the First…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/freedom-prospers-when-religion-is-vibrant-and-the-rule-of-law-under/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/ronald-reagan-119_every-day_freedom-prospers-when-religion-is-vibran_445277.jpg) > [Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blankenhorn/legislators-in-kansas-arizona-and-23-other-states-who-are-properly/) [David Blankenhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blankenhorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/david-blankenhorn-32417_accommodations_legislators-in-kansas-arizona-and-23-oth_152037.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/protect-religious/#itemlist", "name": "Protect Religious Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first shots the United States fired in its fight with the Islamic State were to protect a religious minority: the Yazidis on Mount Sinjar, in northern Iraq. And we did so within days of their first call for help in 2014.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Malinowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-malinowski/the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired-in-its-fight-with-the-islamic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/tom-malinowski-5887_days_the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired_2838873.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/tom-malinowski-5887_days_the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired_2838873.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/tom-malinowski-5887_days_the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired_2838873.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first shots the United States fired in its fight with the Islamic State were to protect a religious…” — Tom Malinowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their faith.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lindsey Graham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-graham/what-i-want-to-do-is-protect-the-religious-liberties-of-those-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/lindsey-graham-3593_believe_what-i-want-to-do-is-protect-the-religio_1009382.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/lindsey-graham-3593_believe_what-i-want-to-do-is-protect-the-religio_1009382.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/lindsey-graham-3593_believe_what-i-want-to-do-is-protect-the-religio_1009382.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is…” — Lindsey Graham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Depictions or expressions of sex, violence, crime are all permitted virtually without limit; but religion, it seems, never.No wonder many in America seem to believe that the court has become one more inclined to protect pornography than to protect religious expression.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Cornyn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cornyn/depictions-or-expressions-of-sex-violence-crime-are-all-permitted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/john-cornyn-11060_america_depictions-or-expressions-of-sex-violenc_364771.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/john-cornyn-11060_america_depictions-or-expressions-of-sex-violenc_364771.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/john-cornyn-11060_america_depictions-or-expressions-of-sex-violenc_364771.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Depictions or expressions of sex, violence, crime are all permitted virtually without limit; but religion…” — John Cornyn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just say: The first amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government tyranny.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ronald Reagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/to-those-who-cite-the-first-amendment-as-reason-for-excluding-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ronald-reagan-119_amendments_to-those-who-cite-the-first-amendment-as_1345710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ronald-reagan-119_amendments_to-those-who-cite-the-first-amendment-as_1345710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/ronald-reagan-119_amendments_to-those-who-cite-the-first-amendment-as_1345710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and…” — Ronald Reagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Kids need love and kids are not getting enough love in America because kids haven't been going the right way. We need to protect families by allowing same-sex couples to get married and also we need to protect religious freedoms because, in this country we allow people to practice religion or not practice religion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brendon Ayanbadejo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-ayanbadejo/kids-need-love-and-kids-are-not-getting-enough-love-in-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/brendon-ayanbadejo-59444_allowing_kids-need-love-and-kids-are-not-getting_58325.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/brendon-ayanbadejo-59444_allowing_kids-need-love-and-kids-are-not-getting_58325.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/brendon-ayanbadejo-59444_allowing_kids-need-love-and-kids-are-not-getting_58325.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Kids need love and kids are not getting enough love in America because kids haven't been going the right…” — Brendon Ayanbadejo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts, free from government coercion; it does not mandate scouring the public square to forcibly remove all acknowledgement s of the Almighty", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-our-religious-liberty-to-ensure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/ted-cruz-487_able_the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-ou_36268.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/ted-cruz-487_able_the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-ou_36268.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/ted-cruz-487_able_the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-ou_36268.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek…” — Ted Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You could protect a religious minority against gays and lesbians. Or you could protect gays and lesbians against a religious minority. And then, it seems to me something political is happening. Because we're not really looking at the kind of speech that is injurious.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judith Butler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-butler/you-could-protect-a-religious-minority-against-gays-and-lesbians-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/judith-butler-1374_gay_you-could-protect-a-religious-minority-a_1145098.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/judith-butler-1374_gay_you-could-protect-a-religious-minority-a_1145098.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/judith-butler-1374_gay_you-could-protect-a-religious-minority-a_1145098.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You could protect a religious minority against gays and lesbians. 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Religious freedom ... favors the development of relationships of mutual respect between the different Confessions and their healthy collaboration with the State and political society, without confusion of roles and without antagonism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Francis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-international-level-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/pope-francis-85_antagonism_legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-i_3162455.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/pope-francis-85_antagonism_legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-i_3162455.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/pope-francis-85_antagonism_legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-i_3162455.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee…” — Pope Francis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of hostility between government and the concept of religious belief itself. … To those who cite the First Amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions every day, I say: The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government tyranny.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ronald Reagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/freedom-prospers-when-religion-is-vibrant-and-the-rule-of-law-under/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/ronald-reagan-119_every-day_freedom-prospers-when-religion-is-vibran_445277.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/ronald-reagan-119_every-day_freedom-prospers-when-religion-is-vibran_445277.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/ronald-reagan-119_every-day_freedom-prospers-when-religion-is-vibran_445277.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. When our Founding…” — Ronald Reagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this question is no. Correcting that inequity would begin the process of recognizing that both sides - gay couples and religious objectors - have rights and that reasonable accommodation is possible only when both sides have something to gain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Blankenhorn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blankenhorn/legislators-in-kansas-arizona-and-23-other-states-who-are-properly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/david-blankenhorn-32417_accommodations_legislators-in-kansas-arizona-and-23-oth_152037.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/david-blankenhorn-32417_accommodations_legislators-in-kansas-arizona-and-23-oth_152037.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/david-blankenhorn-32417_accommodations_legislators-in-kansas-arizona-and-23-oth_152037.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom…” — David Blankenhorn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/protect-religious/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/protect-religious/", "name": "Protect Religious Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/protect-religious/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/tom-malinowski-5887_days_the-first-shots-the-united-states-fired_2838873.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 10 Protect Religious quotes by 9 authors. 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