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Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.

I'm not a member of any faith community, and I think faith is a deeply personal issue that individuals should deal with in their private lives.

Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our constitution prohibits.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.

Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.

I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the community.

I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.