"these are the people that our European ancestors came to this country to escape"

Gloria Steinem on Bush and religion:

"Most of organized religion doesn't agree with Bush. Most religious institutions opposed the war – even Bush's own Methodist national church. The people behind Bush are the literalists who believe that in the way that they see God, America has fallen from that path.

"But these are the people that our European ancestors came to this country to escape. I mean, they are trying to cite unproveable arguments – arguments that take place in heaven and life after death – as reasons why we should obey them now. These literally are the type of people that the Europeans who founded America came here to escape."