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Showing Original Post only (View all)Joe Biden on restoring the soul of our nation [View all]
As a person of faith, I really like this essay
Link to tweet
In 2020, we must decide: Who do we want to be?
My faith teaches me that we should be a nation that not only accepts the truth of the climate crisis, but leads the world in addressing it. Pope Francis is right in Laudato Si: Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years." As president, Ill launch a $1.7 trillion clean energy revolution to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, creating 10 million jobs and starting to heal our imperiled planet.
My faith teaches me that we should be a nation where the hard-working, middle-class families whove made us strong have a real chance to thrive. Thats why Ill make sure that we reward work, not just wealth, in our policies and in our values. Ill make sure that we provide every family with access to fair wages, quality health care, good neighborhood schools and a stable retirement.
And my faith teaches me that we should be a nation that once again welcomes the stranger and shows a preferential option for the poor, remembering how so many of us and our ancestors came here in a similar way. Ill end Trumps abhorrent asylum policies, protect Dreamers and provide a road map to citizenship for the nearly 11 million undocumented people living in and contributing to our communities every day.
Trump doesnt understand these things, because he doesnt understand America. He doesnt know what it means to live for or believe in something bigger than himself.
My faith teaches me that we should be a nation that not only accepts the truth of the climate crisis, but leads the world in addressing it. Pope Francis is right in Laudato Si: Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years." As president, Ill launch a $1.7 trillion clean energy revolution to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, creating 10 million jobs and starting to heal our imperiled planet.
My faith teaches me that we should be a nation where the hard-working, middle-class families whove made us strong have a real chance to thrive. Thats why Ill make sure that we reward work, not just wealth, in our policies and in our values. Ill make sure that we provide every family with access to fair wages, quality health care, good neighborhood schools and a stable retirement.
And my faith teaches me that we should be a nation that once again welcomes the stranger and shows a preferential option for the poor, remembering how so many of us and our ancestors came here in a similar way. Ill end Trumps abhorrent asylum policies, protect Dreamers and provide a road map to citizenship for the nearly 11 million undocumented people living in and contributing to our communities every day.
Trump doesnt understand these things, because he doesnt understand America. He doesnt know what it means to live for or believe in something bigger than himself.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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We are stuck with a vocal and publicly pious citizenry, of whom the modern Evangelicals are...
Hekate
Dec 2019
#13
Thanks, Goth. Biden has been eloquent in expressing his campaign's major theme-- that the 2020
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
#8
He's a good man who knows that it's doing good that is the only thing that matters, not wealth,
Karadeniz
Dec 2019
#10
I am tired of 'faith' and am ready for someone who actually thinks critically...
NotHardly
Dec 2019
#16
'Trump has brought us some very dark days -- but in this darkness, I have faith:
Gothmog
Dec 2019
#24
Scripture is clear It's not enough to just wish the world were better. It's our duty to make it so--
Gothmog
Dec 2019
#23
Is his faith telling him to reclassify student loan debt for bankruptcy protection?
BeyondGeography
Dec 2019
#27