Several local ministers will hold a service outside the Raleigh office of Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan Tuesday at noon to urge her to support proposals before Congress to overhaul the nation's health care system.
"Whenever people are suffering and dying due to lack-of or denial-of insurance, people of faith must speak out," said the Rev. Tom Rhodes of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Raleigh. "The religious community must do its part to make sure that Senator Hagan and other elected officials understand that health reform is an urgent moral imperative."
The service will include the presentation of hands signed by congregants, Rob Christensen reports. Several ministers, including the Rev. Nancy Petty of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church and the Rev. Denise Long of Umstead Park United Church of Christ are expected to participate. A spokeswoman said 25 or more people were expected.
Hagan, a moderate, has been the subject of extensive lobbying by both sides of the issue. Although she has voiced support for Democratic-backed health care legislation she has also been keeping her options open as to what sort of legislation she might support.
