A Christian Voice for Barack Obama

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Rev. Chuck Currie
United Church of Christ minister
Posted: 09/04/2012 11:52 am


In 2007, I endorsed Barack Obama when he was 30 points behind in the polls because I believed he had the vision and moral character to move our nation forward. Despite inheriting a wrecked economy, President Obama has indeed moved our nation in the right direction -- by creating jobs and reforming our health care system -- in ways that advance the common good. We need Barack Obama to continue the hard work of repairing our nation.

As a minister, my politics are deeply influenced by my faith. Like many religious leaders, I opposed the war in Iraq and applaud President Obama for having the wisdom not only to also oppose that war from the start but for ending combat operations and working hard to provide for returning veterans. All Americans look forward to the safe return of our troops from Afghanistan sooner rather than later.

As a husband and a father of two young daughters, I know President Obama is standing up for families. He has fought powerful financial interests to reform Wall Street, worked to help families refinance mortgages at lower rates, provided better opportunities for Americans to pay off student loans and expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit to keep more working American families from failing into poverty.

The health care crisis is one that has defined our modern age. Presidents since before Harry Truman -- Republican and Democratic -- have worked to find solutions. Finally, we have real reform that will provide coverage to 30 million Americans that have not been able to afford it before -- many of them working Americans who have been forced to choose between paying their rent or for medicine. President Obama's Affordable Care Act has been supported by the National Council of Churches in Christ USA and many other Christian denominations and bodies, along with interfaith communities.

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