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Cover the Uninsured Week
13 April 2005A large-scale interfaith effort, including representatives from the Southern Baptist Convention, the National Council of Churches, the United Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Islamic Society of North America, the Salvation Army, and six other religious organizations, is attempting to mobilize their diverse congregations to make demands upon Congress in the largest-ever nonpartisan battle for what they're calling a religious cause. Gay marriage? Abortion? Public displays of religious texts? The new, significantly older and far less popular focus of the next "Terri Schiavo" case brewing in Georgia? Nah, nothing so slogan-ready. Just the "Cover the Uninsured Week," during which the participating religious organizations will campaign for health care coverage for the 45 million Americans who currently have no health insurance. Where's the fun in a fight like that? Maybe not in weeks-long prayer vigils or vigilante missions to help poor families get their kids a doctor's appointment, but there will be seminars, enrollment fairs and prayer breakfasts aplenty.
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