my opponent has said that the statements that we made in our 20s should be off the table, and after he made that statement, days later he started running ads in his own campaign materials he s going back on his word using those statements to misrepresent my character. so, again, i thank you for the opportunity for the delaware voters to get to know who i am and what i m all about, because what i can assure them is while i made statements, my faith has matured over the years, but regardless of my personal faith, when i go down to washington, d.c., it is the constitution that i will defend, and it is by the constitution that i will make all of my decisions. and that will be the standard bearer for every piece of legislation i will vote on. you have a one minute rebuttal. i was surprised to see in the newspaper in an interview a profile of both of us.
her statement that she would not have her faith be a central driver of her decisions if elected. i m interested if we can explore further your suggestion that the constitution would be your guide. because i m interested in hearing whether it s the constitution as passed by the founders, the constitution of 1920, the constitution of 1975, the constitution of today. to me, protecting a woman s right to choose, protecting reproductive freedom and making sure we ve got on the record her views on things like prayer, abortion, evolution, is important. these aren t just random statements on some late-night tv show. these are relevant to her service to the united states senate. i m someone who stands firmly behind the constitution as it stands today. i respect the decided cases, the case law that governs the united states. let s go to the issue of faith and politics. you were a student pastor at yale and said in an interview i don t understand you thought you would either end up a preacher,
protecting reproductive predom and making sure that we ve got on the record miss o donnell s views on things like prayer, abortion, evolution, is important. these aren t just random statements on some late-night tv show. these are relevant to her service in the united states senate, what sort of judges she would confirm, what sort of issues she would take up. i m someone who stands firmly behind the constitution as it stands today. i respect stare decisis, the decided case, the case law that governs the united states. let s go to the issue of faith and politics because you were a student pastor at yale and you said in an interview once that you thought you would end up a preacher, a professor or politician. you ve occasionally been a guest speaker at some of the churches in the community, baptist churches, presbyterian churches to name a few, so how much of an influence does this faith in your life have on your politics? faith is a central part of how my wife and i are raising our
and what i m all about because what i can assure them is while i made statements, my faith has matured over the years, but regardless of my personal faith, when i go down to washington, d.c., it is the constitution that i will defend, and it is by the constitution that i will make all of my decisions, and that will be the standard-bearer for every piece of legislation that i will vote on. mr. coons, you have a one-minute rebuttal. i was surprised to see in the newspaper an interview profile of both of us. miss o donnell s statement, pretty similar to what you just heard from her, that she would not have her faith be a central driver of her decisions if elected. and i m interested if we can explore further your suggestion that the constitution would be your guide. i m interested in hearing whether it s the constitution passed by the founders, the constitution of 1920, the constituion of 1930, the constitution of 1975, the constitution of today. because to me protecting a woman s rig
when i go down to washington, d.c., it is the constitution that i will defend and it is by the constitution that i will make all of my decisions, and that will be the standard bearer for every piece of legislation that i will vote on. mr. coons, you have a one-minute rebuttal. i was surprises to see in the newspaper an interview profile of both of us, miss o donnell s statement, pretty similar to what you hear from her that she would not have her faith be a central driver of her decisions if elected. and i m interested if we can explore further your suggestion that the constitution would be your guide. i m interested in hearing whether it s the constitution passes by the founders, the constitution of 1920, 1930, the contigs contigs of 1975, the constitution of today. protect the woman s right to choose, making sure that we ve got on the record miss o donnell s views on things like prayer, abortion, evolution, is important. these aren t just random statements on some late-night tv