2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sen. Sanders: I know you mean well, but I don't WANT those people in our party [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)And first, [applause] let me first say how relieved Bill and I were to hear that Saddleback was spared from the recent wildfires - and how impressed and moved we were to hear about the love and support that you gave those who were not so fortunate.
It's another example of the way in which this church is not measured by numbers. Yes, the numbers are big, they're certainly impressive. But it's measured by your impact. It's measured by the meaning that you give to lives here within this complex and so far beyond its boundaries. And the commitment that you demonstrate both to our faith in God and to doing His work here on earth is exemplary and that is one of the many reasons that I wanted to be here today.
You know, Rick has helped so many people with his lessons for a 40-day spiritual journey. But he knows those 40 days are just the beginning. My own faith journey is approaching a half a century, and I know how far I still have to go.
But I have been blessed in my life, both starting in my family and in the church of my childhood, to be guided every step of the way. A mother, who taught Sunday school and made sure that my brothers and I were there the minute the church doors opened. A father, who kneeled by the side of his bed every night of his life to say his prayers. A minister of our youth fellowship, who took it as part of his mission to show the group of white, suburban, middle class kids that there was a bigger world outside. And a prayer group that formed for me shortly after I came to the White House - a group of extraordinary women, both Democrats and Republicans, whose love and support sustained me.
I've often been asked if I'm a praying person and I have always responded that I was fortunate enough to be raised to understand that the power and purpose of prayer, but, had I not been, probably one week in the White House would have turned me into one. [Laughter] It's wonderful to know that the sustaining power of prayer is there for so many of us.
One of my favorite passages in Scripture is that famous line in James that faith without works is dead. But I have concluded that works without faith is just too hard. It cannot be sustained over one's life or over the generations. And it's important for us to recognize how here, in what you're doing, faith and work come together. You understand that. Or as Rick might say: creed and deed!"
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=77080
The rest of the remarks are at the link. In them Christians are 'us' and LGBT are the 'them'. It's a speech about AIDS she manages to say 'gay' 4 times. Mostly while pardoning her faith community for their many vile errors in the early days of the crisis.
It is not the worst speech, but it is in fact a speech in which Hillary traveled to bigot central to reach out to those bigots using words of comity and agreement.
I wish the OP would specify why Hillary can pander full tilt to bigots while Bernie can't even suggest they drop the bigotry and join up with us? The Double Standard is striking.