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“It's a long struggle when you're starting over.”
“Homosexuality is an abomination to the Lord.”
“If you're looking for a wonderful way to spend time, take up fishing.”
“I myself have always lived with homosexuals, always had a policy of live and let live.”
“I don't have a cause - I am being obedient to God.”
“I think there is something special about living in a small town. Everyone knows your business and there is an intimacy you don't get in a large town.”
“I'm not running for political office.”
“I get a tremendous thrill out of speaking about Jesus and what He has done for me.”
“I was naive and ignorant. I'll never be like that again. But I can't go back. I've come out. I can't stick my head in the sand ever again.”
“I had worked with homosexuals all my life and I always had a policy of live and let live.”
“As children, we dug for worms or we used crawdads for bait. We caught catfish, or crappies, a delicous fish.”
“I guess when there's a real void in your life and your marriage has become rotten, you fantasize a lot of things.”
“That's why my relationship to the Lord is so important. He doesn't leave you hanging. He lets you know. He gives you answers. Solid answers.”
“I lost everything.”
“I don't think of myself as a preacher.”
“I don't think there's anyplace in the nation quite like Branson.”
“As for gays, the church needs to be more loving, unconditionally, and willing to see these people as human beings, to minister to them and try to understand.”
“I believe in the long run, God will vindicate me.”
“If you were raised in Oklahoma, you've got to be a Southern Baptist or something.”
“I believe the right to differ in this country is being taken away.”