Moral "Outcry" or "Outrage"?
It might be hard to distinguish a difference between the two in the days ahead judging from the many handheld videos popping up on the internet of town hall meetings all across the nation that are exploding in public outburst. I recently sat in a meeting in which a Senator asked a specialist, "Are people really as angry as they seem?" The room went totally silent at his response, "Senator...they're twice as mad as you think."
With Health Care Reform thankfully stalling out before August Recess "the ball is literally in the hands of the public right now" as Representatives are having to answer the hardest questions among their constituents. The growing trend of voting on bills before they're read and understood is not sitting well in the minds of voters. The current health care bill is no exception. It comes as quite a shock to the American public when it's actually suggested that reading a hard-to-understand bill such as the current Health Care Reform one is pointless. Last week House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) publicly said just that.
“I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill.' What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”
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I pray that beyond the financial debate a genuine Moral Outcry is heard throughout the nation concerning this health care bill. No one disagrees with the fact that reform is necessary, but what's rolling into the nation right now with this bill is nothing less than a DEATH DECREE. It must be stopped.
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About the Author
Matt is a husband and proud father of four children. He's a full-time missionary serving as the Director of Bound4LIFE and the Justice House of Prayer DC. Formerly he had a career in advertising and marketing. Periodically he really wishes he had paid more attention in Government class.
