Pandering and Hypocrisy Dressed Up as Religion

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First, opponents depicted President Barack Obama as an undercover Muslim sent to infiltrate the United States. Then, detractors tried to frame his church as a haven of radicalism. Even after his election, the criticism continued.

Opposition against President Obama picked up steam in 2010 during the debate over the health care bill, which passed despite insurance company resistance. For some reason, providing proper health care to those who can't afford it mobilized people who thought they were "Taxed Enough Already." If you remove all the political chatter, the health care bill is about caring for the poor, and, really, all Americans. It protects anyone with a pre-existing condition. It allows children to stay on their parents' insurance until they are 26 years old. It gives coverage to 30 million low-income people who do not have it and are dying younger than rich people. And when we talk about the need for the health care bill, it is not just for the poor.

Health care costs have been the major reason for Americans declaring bankruptcy - over half of all bankruptcies - and for the mortgage debacle, including housing foreclosures. People who have saved for retirement or college for their kids have seen their savings wiped out and then some. That we have the "best health care in the world" is a myth. As the ONLY civilized society without a national health program, we are 43rd in infant mortality, 47th in life expectancy and spend twice as much as any other country. Who do we pay for this low service level? The unconscionably rich insurance companies.

In theory, anyone who claims to be guided by Christianity or any other religion should have a hard time opposing such a compassionate program as providing our basic right to decent health care.

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