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I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.

— Desmond Tutu

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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama.

I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period.

Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.

Hope and Suffering: Sermons and Speeches (1984)

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