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But there's a story I want to share that takes place before Moses passed the mantle of leadership on to Joshua. I suppose the politically safe thing would be to move on from this episode and just hope that it fades into the woodwork. She did this for a year until her mom got better, and she told everyone at the roundtable that the reason she joined our campaign was so that she could help the millions of other children in the country who want and need to help their parents too. It is where our union grows stronger. We are taking concrete actions to change course. troops and civilians.
He was a good-looking kid, six two, six three, clear eyed, with an easy smile. But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Michelle and I are only here tonight because we were given a chance at an education. But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur.
I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia, where devout Christians worshiped freely in an overwhelmingly Muslim country. The Internet and television can bring knowledge and information, but also offensive sexuality and mindless violence.
Imagine Lincoln's Second Inaugural without its reference to "the judgments of the Lord." Or King's "I Have a Dream" speech without its reference to "all of God's children." Or President Kennedy's Inaugural without the words, "here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own." At each of these junctures, by summoning a higher truth and embracing a universal faith, our leaders inspired ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share.
It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity one day and affirm my Christian faith. And when these battles were overtaken by others and when the wars they opposed were waged and won, these faithful foot soldiers for justice kept marching. That's why organizations are rising up across the country to reclaim the language of faith to bring about change. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretense of liberalism.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.