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I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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[Bush Hating] undermines the good faith necessary for democratic discussion. Which is a large part of what people like Al Franken are all about.
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Homophobia whether internalized or externalized is really fear it's not hatred, it's fear. It's fear of the truth about ourselves.
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Michael Moore: a man who never without an excuse for keeping murdering tyrants in power. But now he's supporting the man who bombed Milosevic into submission? How about an explanation, Mr Moore?
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If you change the society and a culture, the politics will follow.
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When you fuse Christianity with power, it isn't long before Christians start imposing the cross on others rather than taking it up for themselves.
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When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, Then there's no hope for me, Mum.
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Leftists would like to pretend that any criticism of their views raises the specter of domestic repression. But in a country with a First Amendment, no suppression from government is likely, and in the citadels of the media and the academy, the far left is actually vastly overrepresented.
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The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy.
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[D]id you really expect fairness on the environmental issue? For a swathe of reporters, this is not a matter of empirical reporting it's a matter of faith. Bush cannot be pro-environment because he's Bush.
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Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.
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I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on.
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What I love about the Internet and what I try to do on the issues is insist upon the ability to have bad taste if one wants.
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Even if it's deep unhappiness, it's your unhappiness.
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Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.
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How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
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I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.
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There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.
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To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.
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Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.
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I enjoy being around people who disagree with me and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.
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