I want to be a partner with business, labor, civic leaders, foundations, other churches so that we can work together... If I can talk to all of these people and have something in common, maybe I can get them to see that they also have something in common with each other when we come together.

Once we begin to make our churches safety zones in a military-style approach, we're going to lose something of the character of our places of worship.

We don't need military weapons in our society. We're not supposed to be at war with one another.

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