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Question: Folks like Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo often accuse religious conservatives of placing too much priority on the pro-life issue, supposedly forsaking other issues like poverty. We asked Richard Land about that.

Richard Land: “…To criticize pro-lifers for saying we are too focused on the pro-life issue would be like criticizing Dr. King for being too focused on the issue of racial justice and racial reconciliation. Dr. King dealt with other issues but he kept “the main thing the main thing” as long as his people were being denied their basic constitutional rights…”

“…our forefathers did not assert a private right to rebel against the crown. They asserted that, based upon their understanding of the British common law and their understanding of inalienable rights, that the civil magistrate had forfeited the right to their obedience…”

“Well, I would start with Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Alito. We now have two young, healthy conservatives on the court, and the court has gone from having a 5 to 4 majority that was moderate to a 5 to 4 majority on most issues that’s conservative. That’s a huge thing…”

“I was led to the Lord, nurtured in the faith, called to preach, and trained to ministry in a Southern Baptist context. When I was 19, I had the opportunity to go to (what was then) the headquarters of Campus Crusade…I learned more about the Bible and about what Christians believe and why we believe during those two weeks than I had in 19 years of going to Southern Baptist churches, and I had several perfect attendance pins. At that point, I became a theologian…”