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And right here in the UCC, we're hearing from God about what it means to be a welcoming church that holds on to our Christian witness. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is - you're on your own. And that's to be expected. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity. We cannot impose peace. It is time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true.
In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia.
They're ready to turn the page on the old politics and the old policies - whether it's the war in Iraq or the health care crisis we're in, or a school system that's leaving too many kids behind despite the slogans. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans. In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community.
I'm hearing from progressives who understand that if we want to communicate our hopes and values to Americans, we can't abandon the field of religious discourse. In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This bond is unbreakable.
Let me be clear. But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers - Thomas Jefferson - kept in his personal library.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.