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Democratic Candidates Compassion Forum at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. Back-to-back interviews by faith leaders, moderated by Jon Meacham (editor of Newsweek) and CNN.


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    from Democratic Candidates Compassion Forum, April 13, 2008 (number of quotes indicated):
  • Barack Obama (13)
  • Hillary Clinton (12)
    OR click on an issue category below for a subset.
Abortion
   Barack Obama: We can find common ground between pro-choice and pro-life.
   Barack Obama: Undecided on whether life begins at conception.
   Barack Obama: Teach teens about abstinence and also about contraception.
   Hillary Clinton: Make abortion rare by supporting adoption & foster care.
   Hillary Clinton: Potential for life begins at conception, but don't intrude.
   Hillary Clinton: Opposed China's forced abortion & Romania's forced pregnancy.
Education
   Barack Obama: Evolution & science aren't incompatible with Christian faith.
Energy & Oil
   Hillary Clinton: Cap-and-trade as president; compact fluorescents at home.
Environment
   Barack Obama: Genesis teaches stewardship of earth: sacrifice for future.
Families & Children
   Barack Obama: Teach both abstinence and contraception to teens.
Foreign Policy
   Hillary Clinton: Boycott Olympic ceremony to pressure China on Tibet & Sudan.
   Hillary Clinton: Commit to helping people abroad before committing troops.
Health Care
   Barack Obama: End-of-life self-medication ok; euthanasia by others not ok.
   Barack Obama: Use whatever works with AIDS, including teaching abstinence.
   Hillary Clinton: Don't legitimize end-of-life decision, but ok to help decide.
   Hillary Clinton: Decrease generic drug costs for developing countries.
Homeland Security
   Barack Obama: No torture; no renditions; no operating out of fear.
Principles & Values
   Barack Obama: Religion is foundational; not clinging nor elitist.
   Barack Obama: Rev. Jeremiah Wright helped bring me to Christianity.
   Barack Obama: Exposure to Islam taught me that Muslims can partner with us.
   Hillary Clinton: Faith sustains us in bitter times; faith isn't bitterness.
   Hillary Clinton: I have always felt the presence of God in my life.
   Hillary Clinton: Favorite Bible story: Purim story of Esther.
Welfare & Poverty
   Barack Obama: Cut poverty in half in 10 years, with faith-based help.
   Hillary Clinton: In the face of suffering, God calls on us to respond.


The above quotations are from Democratic Candidates Compassion Forum at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. Back-to-back interviews by faith leaders, moderated by Jon Meacham (editor of Newsweek) and CNN..

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