Progressive Religious Groups Line Up Behind Obama On Health Care
August 10, 2009
By Liz Halloran
NPR
Just hours after the Obama administration launched a website today to battle what it has called "wild rumors" about its health care initiative, a coalition of progressive religious leaders entered the increasingly bitter national argument over the overhaul being debated in Washington.
The White House says it will call out misinformation. The coalition -- which includes at least two members of Obama's faith-based council -- says it will argue morality.
Or, more specifically, what members characterize as the moral and religious imperative of providing "inclusive, accessible" health care coverage and the need for a civil discourse about the issue, says Jim Wallis of the progressive Christian group Sojourners, one of the coalition sponsors.
(Gov't website is here.)
(Article continued here.)
By Liz Halloran
NPR
Just hours after the Obama administration launched a website today to battle what it has called "wild rumors" about its health care initiative, a coalition of progressive religious leaders entered the increasingly bitter national argument over the overhaul being debated in Washington.
The White House says it will call out misinformation. The coalition -- which includes at least two members of Obama's faith-based council -- says it will argue morality.
Or, more specifically, what members characterize as the moral and religious imperative of providing "inclusive, accessible" health care coverage and the need for a civil discourse about the issue, says Jim Wallis of the progressive Christian group Sojourners, one of the coalition sponsors.
(Gov't website is here.)
(Article continued here.)
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