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Civil
Rights Leader Rev. Otis Moss Jr. Endorses Hillary Clinton
Last week, the Reverend Otis Moss. Jr, D.Min, one of
America’s most influential theologians and civil rights
leaders, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president calling her
a leader with, “wisdom, sound judgment, spiritual strength
and moral courage.”
Moss served as the pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist
Church in Cleveland, Ohio before retiring after 33 years of
service. He was also the co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
Church with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Why Secretary Hillary Clinton Should Be Our Next
President
By The Reverend Otis Moss. Jr.
Mrs. Hillary Clinton is our best hope for moving the U.S.
Supreme Court out of the hands of right wing, anti-civil
rights, anti-voting rights, anti-human rights judges. The
next president will shape the U.S. Supreme Court for perhaps
the next 50 years! By that time, the millennials will be
nearing (80) years old. Their children and grandchildren
will be the living with the results of the 2016 election.
The next president will nominate three or four U.S. Supreme
Court justices plus score of federal district and appeals
court judges.
We need Hillary Clinton to be our next president because she
is qualified. She is prepared. She is dedicated. She is an
activist in the struggles of the common life for the common
good and has the record to prove it. She did not wait 70
years to “think” about civil rights and human rights. She is
committed activist nationally and globally. She is the
epitome of excellence.
Let me repeat, Hillary Clinton will save the U.S. Supreme
Court from political arsonists, obstructionists and
destroyers of the civil rights, human rights and voting
rights. All the right wing extremists know this. This is why
they are endorsing and supporting Trump – including some who
tend to despise him. Mrs. Clinton will fight for voting
rights protection, health care for all and education for all
without crippling debts.
Hillary Clinton will give extraordinary national and global
leadership. Leadership anchored in reason, wisdom, sound
judgment, spiritual strength and moral courage.
She has been and remains active in her faith commitment from
her youth. She has embraced The Holy Scriptures from her
youth and knows the names of the books of her Bible and the
unsearchable riches contained therein. She knows the songs
and hymns and music of her faith and does not scorn and
demean other faith traditions. She believes in the total
Constitution - not just one or two amendments such as
states' rights and gun rights.
She does not bully her way through life. She has the courage
of kindness, the endurance of long-suffering and the joys of
Amazing Grace.
She loves children of all races, colors and ethnicities,
rich and poor, rural, urban and suburban, healthy and ill,
victorious and vulnerable, immigrant and Native American and
those whose ancestors came in chains. This includes the well
housed and the homeless. She does not seek votes from one
group by hating and insulting other groups.
Mrs. Clinton deserves and needs our support and votes. If
her opponent should win, we all lose; children, youth and
adults. We can all win with Hillary Clinton.
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