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If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we've got some gay friends in the Red States. That's not simply a matter of policy or ideology - it's a moral commitment. I chose to run for the presidency at this moment in history because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction - towards a better future for of children and our grandchildren.
That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe. And it's around this time that some pastors I was working with came up to me and asked if I was a member of a church. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. But this much is clear: governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure.
I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them.
This is the reality in which Reverend Wright and other African-Americans of his generation grew up. Change comes to Washington.
But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. These people are a part of me. A lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one's family, contributed to the erosion of black families - a problem that welfare policies for many years may have worsened. But she didn't. That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries.
God bless you.