During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.

When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.