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Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
I'm talking about something more substantial. It's a journey that takes us back to our nation's founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party and helped bring an Empire to its knees. Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush. Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build.
And until we do, our conscience cannot rest. Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, "Not this time." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots.
I didn't fall out in church, as folks sometimes do. The questions I had didn't magically disappear.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.