The President attended the National Prayer Breakfast this morning and said ...
"You can question my policies without questioning my faith -- or for that matter, my citizenship," he said, a reference to persistent conspiracy theories about his national origins.
"We may disagree about the best way to reform our health care system, but surely we can agree that no one ought to go broke when they get sick," Obama said. "We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it's unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are."
Speaking directly on the subject of prayer, Obama said it can "touch our hearts with humility." Fusing that topic with his broader theme of civility, he quoted Martin Luther King Jr. -- "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend" -- and Abraham Lincoln: "We are not enemies, but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection."
I love it. Below is the video of the speech and the transcript.
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