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And because she had to miss days of work, she was let go and lost her health care. I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk.
And in time, I came to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death, but rather as an active, palpable agent in the world and in my own life. We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she's playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies. And just as we keep our keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
Now Ashley might have made a different choice. These challenges are not all of government's making.
And fellow Americans, Democrats, Republicans, Independents - I say to you tonight: we have more work to do. They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives. I didn't fall out in church, as folks sometimes do. And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past. Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President.
We need to heed the biblical call to care for "the least of these" and lift the poor out of despair. We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned. These things we share. The enduring faith of over a billion people is so much bigger than the narrow hatred of a few.
God bless you.