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Special event: RSVP now! Embracing the Common Good Breakfast and Training
Get information from We Believe and other partners about how people of faith can make a different on several key initiatives for the common good in this election!
Click here to RSVP and get more information.
Concern for the common good, and particularly for those who are the most vulnerable in our society, is central to all of our faith traditions. We believe that moral principles and values held in common among faith leaders, and people of conscience and goodwill, can transform public policy and lead to the full realization of the common good. We believe faithful citizenship calls us to vote and participate in the electoral process.
We oppose Amendment 46 which would eliminate equal opportunity programs in Colorado. Faith leaders throughout Colorado support equal opportunity as necessary to preserving human dignity and hope.
We support Amendment 51 which would provide funding for critical services needed by people with developmental disabilities. Funds would come from a phased-in increase in the state sales tax
of two tenths of one percent (2¢ on a $10 purchase).
We support Amendment 59 which would ensure that the state saves in good economic times
so our kids aren’t hurt in bad times. It creates a Savings Account for Education (S.A.F.E.) and
invests state revenues above the TABOR limit in that savings account. While responsibly funding
education, it also eliminates the requirement that spending on P-12 education increase at the rate of
inflation each year after 2011.
Embracing the Common Good Campaign Resources for Congregational Use:
 Embracing the Common Good Cover letter
Embracing the Common Good Newsletter Article
Faithful Yes on 59 (SAFE initiative):
Faithful Yes on 59 Poster
Faithful Yes on 59 Speakers' Training
Faithful Yes on 59 Fact Sheet
Faithful Yes on 59 Flyer
Faithful Yes on 59 Bulletin Insert
NO on 46
Flyer
We need your help! Contact us at info@webelievecolorado.org to volunteer, to get more information or to arrange for a speaker to come to your congregation to speak about any of the Embracing the Common Good initiatives.
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