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They're telling me that their conversation about what it means to be Catholic continues. The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. I do not believe that women must make the same choices as men in order to be equal, and I respect those women who choose to live their lives in traditional roles.
But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. I just think he doesn't know. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year. All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time.
The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. That's why I've been fighting to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and the minimum wage. Without these ingredients, elections alone do not make true democracy.
On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike. What's remarkable is not how many failed in the face of discrimination, but rather how many men and women overcame the odds; how many were able to make a way out of no way for those like me who would come after them. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer.
And I heard Reverend Jeremiah A. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism. Now Ashley might have made a different choice. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. Finally, the Arab States must recognize that the Arab Peace Initiative was an important beginning, but not the end of their responsibilities.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.