I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
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Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth), these it is to whom I turn (mercifully); and I am the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
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We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle and that pretty woman on our right who smells of apple blossoms. Our bowels stir and our cod itches and we amend our prayers for the spiritual life with the hope that it will not be too spiritual.
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Matthew 4:17:
From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.'
(NIV)
From that time Jesus began to preach, crying out, Repent (change your mind for the better, heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(AMP)
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(KJV)
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The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
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The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
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Luke 13:3:
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
(NIV)
I tell you, No; but unless you repent (change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally.
(AMP)
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
(KJV)
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Acts 17:30:
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
(NIV)
Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins)
(AMP)
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
(KJV)
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Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!
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