{"id":2385,"date":"2018-01-19T23:05:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T05:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2018-01-20T08:18:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T14:18:48","slug":"elca-advocacy-statement-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/elca-advocacy-statement-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"ELCA Advocacy statement on Jan. 20 U.S. Government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the wake of the \"\"<\/a>current impasse that has caused a shutdown of the federal government, ELCA Advocacy calls <\/strong>on Congress and Administration to do their jobs by passing and enacting legislation that resolves critical issues.<\/strong> Failing to fund our U.S. government, re-authorize the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and find a permanent solution for Dreamers who are losing protection affects the lives of Americans in every community across this land.<\/p>\n

Political posturing\u00a0by elected leaders on both sides of the aisle at the expense of the lives of real people is inexcusable.\u00a0We call on our nation’s lawmakers to find a way forward to care for the health of children, grant young Dreamers a pathway to citizenship and keep the federal government open and funded to perform its vital functions.<\/p>\n

As Lutherans, we believe that\u00a0\u201cGod works through the family, education, the economy, the state, and other structures necessary for life in the present age. God institutes governing authorities, for example, to serve the good of society. This church respects the God-given integrity and tasks of governing authorities and other worldly structures, while holding them accountable to God\u201d (ELCA Social Statement, The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n

We urge our elected representatives to come together to pass legislation that serves all our communities. We must leave no one behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ELCA advocacy works for change in public policy based on the experience of Lutheran ministries, programs and projects around the world and in communities across the United States. We work through political channels on behalf of the following biblical values: peacemaking, hospitality to our neighbors, care for creation, and concern for our brothers and sisters living in poverty and struggling with hunger and disease. Learn more at\u00a0ELCA.org\/Advocacy.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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