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I am a person of faith and I am so ready for change! I am a minister who has served communities and families across Maine for decades. Most of all, I am a mom of three beautiful daughters. The communities, families, seniors, teens, and children I know desperately need a new beginning this November. We are not all of like mind but we all need change!
This election means a choice between lifting up the dignity of each person versus demeaning those who are different from you. It means respecting our veterans versus belittling their sacrifice (i.e. Sen. John McCain.) It means reducing the cost of groceries versus untargeted tariffs that will increase prices for things we buy every day. It means supporting small business and entrepreneurs in our communities versus ballooning the debt to give large businesses more “welfare.”
It means respecting women’s wisdom and autonomy versus government control in doctors’ offices. It means seeking unity across our differences versus exploiting division for selfish gain. Most of all, it means making hope-filled, powerful choice for our democracy (for which people have fought, sacrificed, and died) versus finding ourselves once again stuck in tired playbooks that seek to divide and are at the ready to instigate violence for political gain.
As a person of faith and hope, I urge you to cherish our democracy. Let’s choose change with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Rev. Allison C.G. Smith
Harpswell
