Todd Akin Quotes (40 Quotes)

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

The Holy Father spoke not only to the Catholic community, but to men and women of conscience on every continent. Most notable may be his courage in standing for a culture of life, as well as defying communism and standing in solidity with those opposed to that great evil.

American workers like those at Boeing and its supplier companies aren't asking for a handout, or a leg up. They are asking for a chance at fair competition.

This is a truly historic moment for the people of Iraq and for the entire region as the newly elected Iraqi National assembly meets for the first time.

Just dying should not be a reason for taxes.

Activist judges are trying to institutionalize a lie that marriage is just about big people relationships, but they forget the little people, the whole generation of kids who will struggle with this terrible precedent.

In light of this mounting problem, it may become necessary to restore the confirmation process by adjusting the rules in the Senate.

It is not about civil rights or the rights of same-sex couples. Same-sex couples are free to live as they choose.

It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so nobody can even have a chance to vote.

I will continue to work in Congress to reign-in the federal judiciary and return it to its constitutional function of applying the law, not legislating from the bench.

Each of those provisions strengthens the FCC's ability to enforce existing decency regulations and protect the airwaves, and thereby ordinary Americans, from offensive material.

The real discrimination here is by activist judges who are trying to deny children the advantages of a simple family.

This is a major defeat for the enemies of freedom in Iraq and around the world, and sends a message that despite the best efforts of the terrorists, people throughout Iraq are eager to govern themselves and live in liberty.

And then secondly, selling the case that that power should be exercised in the case of the Pledge of Allegiance which we finally succeeded in doing with 247 votes - a clear, hammering-strong, majority.

I commend outgoing Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Powell for showing leadership and for enforcing decency regulations.

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

The commission's vote is disappointing to everyone who cares about St. Louis and the security of our country, ... The proposal to move the 131st Fighter Wing from Lambert Field is ill-advised and creates significant problems for the Missouri National Guard and the personnel attached to the wing. The decision diminishes our ability to defend our country.

They've been legislating from the bench and they've been inventing various broad sweeping powers or inventing policy that they find intuitively in the Constitution which to any clear-minded person is not there at all.

Americans were inspired by the courage of Iraq citizens as they defied threats to there own personal safety and overwhelmingly participated in their nation's elections, and we are now seeing how their courage is inspiring change in Lebanon and elsewhere in the region.

The arrival of the Pope to the birthplace of the first cathedral west of the Mississippi was truly an honor and Americans poured into St. Louis to participate in prayer services, a rally and celebration mass.

As the President said in his Inaugural Address, the people of the world have a desire to live in liberty.

Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people.

Having worked with Sen. Talent in the United States Congress, I can say he is a proven, effective leader who tackles the difficult problems we face with vision and intelligence,

We have never embraced a system in which it requires 60 votes to confirm a judge, and we should not be doing that now.

Now, there are people who want to use public money to destroy embryos, and they talk about this bill as being a good first step.

With the increasing use of vulgarity during major award shows and even the Super Bowl half-time show, parents are becoming increasingly outraged.

By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.

One pillar was the conviction that God grants life as an inalienable right, and they fought so that pillar would not be toppled by tyrants.

I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government.

This law would define China and Taiwan as a unified country, and unilaterally change mainland China's legal approach to status of Taiwan. This is an unwelcome and provocative action that would increase, rather than calm, tensions in the region.

This is not about who is running the media, this is about the question of the shock jocks who have been pushing the moral envelope for all too long and the vulgar and indecent comments that come over the public airwaves.

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

Yet, today, we see what is becoming a constitutional crisis which is completely unprecedented, and that is the use of the filibuster to basically stop the confirmation process both for circuit court and Supreme Court nominations.

The Democratic substitute bill would have raised taxes on upper-income earners, the very people who are helping to create jobs through their small- and mid-sized businesses.

Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

It has been brought on us by activist judges who have chosen to ignore the will of the people and instead redefine marriage for all Americans.

Instead, this amendment simply defines what marriage is, the union of one man and one woman.

America needs to know who our enemies are and what they plan to do. Improving our intelligence capacity is essential to ensuring the safety and well-being of all our citizens.

The same can be said of partial birth abortion, which is a horribly violent procedure which kills a baby moments before birth. This decision is contemptuous to Congress, which overwhelmingly passed the ban.