washington administering all these program, and the money that goes to the people that in building program after program. it s time to say enough of that. let s get the money back to the states the way the constitution intended and let states care for their own people in the way they feel best. [ applause ] governor romney, i d like to remind you of something you said in bay windows, which is a gay newspaper in massachusetts in 1994 when you were running against senator kennedy. these are your words. i think the gay community needs more support from the republican party and i would be a voice in the republican party to foster anti-discrimination efforts. how have you stood up for gay rights and when have you used your voice to influence republicans on this issue? andy, as you know, i don t discriminate. and the appointments that i made
government bureaucrats in washington administering all these program, and the money that goes to the people that in building program after program. it s time to say enough of that. let s get the money back to the states the way the constitution intended and let states care for their own people in the way they feel best. [ applause ] governor romney, i d like to remind you of something you said in bay windows, which is a gay newspaper in massachusetts in 1994 when you were running against senator kennedy. these are your words. i think the gay community needs more support from the republican party and i would be a voice in the republican party to foster anti-discrimination efforts. how have you stood up for gay rights and when have you used your voice to influence republicans on this issue? andy, as you know, i don t discriminate. and the appointments that i made
it s a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region
jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy
she was a very noble lady, and she led the building program in the holy land to have the church of the holy sepulcher built where jesus was buried and rose from the dead. and also a church built to honor the giving of our father, the lord s prayer. she had a building program there. and she had the money and his support. constantine also found in her faith something that would redeem him. he knew christian faith very well, and he knew baptism remitted all your sins, and he had quite a bit of blood on his hands. he wasn t the head of the roman empire for being mr.nice emperor. indeed, constantine was ruthless. he killed his son, his wife and several relatives.