Accept Quote by Pope Shenouda III

When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.'

— Leonard Ravenhill

The Church does not dictate the policies of the nation. The Church proclaims the truth of God to which all these policies must conform.

— Frank Pavone

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not…

— Robert A. Heinlein

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to…

— Robert A. Heinlein

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

“Church doctrine has no place in secular law. You can't take away people's rights to meet your own religious criteria.”

— Marie Sexton

The Bible is the supreme law that all governments must obey.

— Randall Terry

[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates in particular…

— James Madison

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it.

— Noah Webster

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

The problem is that you can't impose the church's teachings on all Americans as a matter of law.

— Mario Cuomo

Conservative faith traditions argue rightly for strict religious protections in the law so that churches, synagogues and mosques aren't forced to perform ceremonies inconsistent…

— Margaret Hoover