Top 5 GOP Religious Quotes

In the race for the presidency, GOP debates are essential opportunities to showcase which presidential hopeful stands out and which ones seem to disappear. 

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (Catholic Online) - In a list posted to Crosswalk, several GOP debators chimed in with religious quotes. Donald Trump was not among them. So of the people mentioned on the list, Catholic Online has chosen 5 of the best religious quotes from GOP debators. Here they are:  1. Carly Fiorina on Israel and Planned Parenthood

"On day one in the Oval Office, I will make two phone calls, the first to my good friend to Bibi Netanyahu to reassure him we will stand with the state of Israel 

"...As regards Planned Parenthood, anyone who has watched this videotape, I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, it's heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain ... This is about the character of our nation, and if we will not stand up in and force President Obama to veto this bill, shame on us." 2. Ben Carson on radical Islam "And, you know, a lot of people are very much against us getting involved right now with global jihadism. We're talking about global jihadists who actually want to destroy us ... They are an existential threat to our nation. We have to recognize we have two choices ... We either allow them the continue to progress and appear to be the winners, or we use every resource available to us to destroy... them first."

3. Bobby Jindal on Christian discrimination "In America. right now, the biggest discrimination going on is against Christian business owners and individuals who believe in traditional forms of marriage. They are throwing this woman in jail in Kentucky. Let's talk about that. 

"Let's talk about the Christian bakers, florist, caterer and musician who simply want to say, 'Don't arrest us or don't discriminate against us, don't shut down our businesses, don't fine us thousands of dollars for believing marriage is between man and a woman.' Let's talk about not discriminating against Christians." 4. Mike Huckabee on Kentucky clerk Kim Davis "We made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard. We made accommodations to the detainees at Gitmo -- I've been to Gitmo, and I've seen the accommodations that we made to the Muslim detainees who killed Americans.

"...You're telling me that you cannot make an accommodation for an elected Democrat county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky? What else is it other than the criminalization of her faith and the exaltation of the faith of everyone else who might be a Fort Hood shooter or a detainee at Gitmo?" 5. Lindsey Graham on same-sex marriage

In a 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court, they have ruled that same-sex marriage bans at the state level violate the Fourteenth Amendment to 'The United States Constitution' equal protection clause.

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"I don't agree with it, but that is the law of the land. But as president, what I want make sure of is that everybody in this room, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, whatever religion that you can practice your faith without government interference, you can marry people consistent with the tenets of your faith. That's the number one obligation of my presidency, is to protect religious people when they exercise their religious rights."

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