{"id":1544,"date":"2012-11-07T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/americans-share-same-hopes-for-future-president-obama-says\/"},"modified":"2012-11-07T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T07:01:00","slug":"americans-share-same-hopes-for-future-president-obama-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/11\/americans-share-same-hopes-for-future-president-obama-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans share same hopes for future, President Obama says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Washington D.C., Nov 7, 2012 \/ 12:01 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- During his victory speech after being elected to a second term on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama said that Americans are united in their values as a nation.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDespite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America's future,\u201d he said Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe want our children to live in an America not burdened by debt, weakened by inequality\u2026that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. We want to pass on a country that's safe, and respected, and admired around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tA country \u201cbuilt on the promise of freedom and dignity for every human being,\u201d the president added. \u201cWe believe in generous, compassionate, tolerant America.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPresident Obama's victory in the battleground state of Ohio on Tuesday put him over the 270 electoral vote mark needed to win the election.<\/p>\n

\tDespite winning the electoral college, he failed to win a strict majority of votes, being elected with only 49.4 percent of the popular vote.<\/p>\n

\tPresident Obama swept the swing states, winning Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\tRepublican candidate Mitt Romney and his Catholic running-mate Paul Ryan won the swing state of North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\tAs of late Tuesday evening, the Florida vote was leaning towards the president but remained too close to call.<\/p>\n

\tThe status quo in Washington was maintained, with Democrats controlling the White House and Senate, and the Republicans holding the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

\tIn his concession speech Tuesday night, Romney encouraged fellow Republicans to join him in praying for President Obama \u201cand for this great nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe look for our pastors, priests, rabbis, and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring principles upon which our society is built: honesty, charity, integrity and family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe look to our parents, for in the final analysis, everything deptends on the success of our homes \u2026 I believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to a new greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Catholic vote was divided much as was the rest of the nation's voters, leaning slightly in favor of Obama. A final Gallup poll, reflecting tracking from Nov. 1 to 4, showed Catholics favoring Obama by 52 to 45 percent.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Catholic vote, like any number of votes, does have the potential to make an impact,\u201d said Gregory Smith, a senior researcher who specializes in Catholic politics at the Pew Research Center\u2019s Forum on Religion and Public Life.<\/p>\n

\tWhile they do not vote as a unified group, Catholics are significant in elections because of their large numbers, making up approximately one in four U.S. voters, he told CNA in a Nov. 5 interview.<\/p>\n

\tSmith said it is difficult to pinpoint what effect the contraception mandate and religious freedom issues are having on the Catholic vote this year.<\/p>\n

\tThe Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services mandate requires that virtually all employers, even religious ones, provide employees with health insurance that covers contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs, despite any moral or religious objections.<\/p>\n

\tUnder the mandate, Catholic organizations, such as schools and hospitals, are included under with only churches as exempt from the new rule.<\/p>\n

\tThe HHS mandate has already been challenged with more than 34 lawsuits and over 100 plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

\tThe Obama administration has proposed an accommodation for religious employers, but the details are not yet clear. It has opposed congressional efforts to provide a broad religious exemption to the mandate.<\/p>\n

\tNumerous bishops have urged their faithful to vote with informed Catholic consciences in the weeks leading up to the election.<\/p>\n

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