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I understand you switched venues at considerable expense and inconvenience because of unfair labor practices at the place you were going to be having this synod. It wasn't until after college, when I went to Chicago to work as a community organizer for a group of Christian churches, that I confronted my own spiritual dilemma. And when one of his chief advisors - the man who wrote his economic plan - was talking about the anxiety Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a "mental recession," and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners." Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend. And we will welcome all elected, peaceful governments - provided they govern with respect for all their people.
He told me he'd joined the Marines, and was heading to Iraq the following week. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action - whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster.
John Kerry believes in America. It is based upon cultural and historical ties, and the recognition that the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied.
And nothing will change. You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. But what the people heard instead - people of every creed and color, from every walk of life - is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked.
And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life. Today there are 12 million undocumented immigrants in America, most of them working in our communities, attending our churches, and contributing to our country. We were born out of revolution against an empire.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.