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Should Christians Support the Health Care Reform Bill? (And a Question for My International Readers)

A Christian website I visit frequently recently opened a debate about the newly-signed health care reform bill. I will not get into the specifics here, but one recurrent theme caught my eye: the number of Christians who are vehemently opposed to the bill on the basis that they will need to contribute more in taxes to support those who cannot afford quality health care on their own. I was horrified. Whatever happened to sacrificing for the needy? Selflessness? Love? Aren't those some of the greatest expressions of Christianity? Jesus tells us in the Bible that the greatest commandment is, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." And the...

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