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Our Party has chosen a man to lead us who embodies the best this country has to offer. Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. This time we want to talk about the men and women of every color and creed who serve together, and fight together, and bleed together under the same proud flag. It's because John McCain doesn't get it. At the same time, Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons.
I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. I can assure you it is not. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.
It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect. Because I've seen it.
And yet, I know that, on this night, they look down on me with great pride. But we shouldn't use our humility as an excuse for inaction. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely - just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed. In the face of that young student who sleeps just three hours before working the night shift, I think about my mom, who raised my sister and me on her own while she worked and earned her degree; who once turned to food stamps but was still able to send us to the best schools in the country with the help of student loans and scholarships. The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. This has bred more fear and mistrust.
We can recognize the truth that's at the heart of the UCC: that the conversation is not over; that our roles are not defined; that through ancient texts and modern voices, God is still speaking, challenging us to change not just our own lives, but the world around us. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. Because in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's Army, and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the GI Bill. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld - whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt.
Thank you, and God bless America.