Miracles DO Happen: Pastor Rod Parsely Endorses YES on Ohio Issue 5!
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Apparently miracles do happen! In a press release today, Pastor Rod Parsely and the Center for Moral Clarity endorsed a yes vote on Ohio issue 5!
Parsely and the Center join a myriad of other individuals, churches and faith based organizations that already support issue 5, including: BREAD, the Catholic Conference of Ohio, the Greater Cleveland Board of Rabbis, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Youngstown, John Edgar, of the United Methodist Church for All People, Jewish Family Services of Cincinnati, the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Ohio Council of Churches, the Ohio Roundtable, Sojourners, Tim Ahrens of the First Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ, the Vineyard Church, and the West Ohio Conference and East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church.
"The interests behind both of these important issues are deceiving voters about their true purposes by calling them economic issues, rather than the moral issues they are," Pastor Parsley said. "Government already makes it so difficult for the poor among us to improve their economic lot. I'm convinced that approving short-term loan rates of nearly 400 percent and welcoming a casino to this state would work against the very people who most need a helping hand. I am supporting economic justice for our poorest Ohioans with our stances on these issues."
"Issue 5 is an initiated statute that will allow voters to approve or reject House Bill 545, which the General Assembly passed and Gov. Ted Strickland signed earlier this year. Among other reforms, it caps the maximum interest rate a payday-lending store may charge on a short-term loan from an annualized rate of 391 percent to 28 percent. CMC and its activists in Ohio were vocal supporters of the bill's enactment. "A 'Yes' vote on 5 will help prevent the exploitations of our poorest citizens, and give them the chance to escape the cycle of poverty," Parsley said."
To read the release, please click here: http://www.yesonissue5.com/documents/Center%20for%20Moral%20Clarity%20Endorses%20Yes%20on%205.pdf%20
Vote Yes on Issue 5!
Parsely and the Center join a myriad of other individuals, churches and faith based organizations that already support issue 5, including: BREAD, the Catholic Conference of Ohio, the Greater Cleveland Board of Rabbis, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Youngstown, John Edgar, of the United Methodist Church for All People, Jewish Family Services of Cincinnati, the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Ohio Council of Churches, the Ohio Roundtable, Sojourners, Tim Ahrens of the First Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ, the Vineyard Church, and the West Ohio Conference and East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church.
"The interests behind both of these important issues are deceiving voters about their true purposes by calling them economic issues, rather than the moral issues they are," Pastor Parsley said. "Government already makes it so difficult for the poor among us to improve their economic lot. I'm convinced that approving short-term loan rates of nearly 400 percent and welcoming a casino to this state would work against the very people who most need a helping hand. I am supporting economic justice for our poorest Ohioans with our stances on these issues."
"Issue 5 is an initiated statute that will allow voters to approve or reject House Bill 545, which the General Assembly passed and Gov. Ted Strickland signed earlier this year. Among other reforms, it caps the maximum interest rate a payday-lending store may charge on a short-term loan from an annualized rate of 391 percent to 28 percent. CMC and its activists in Ohio were vocal supporters of the bill's enactment. "A 'Yes' vote on 5 will help prevent the exploitations of our poorest citizens, and give them the chance to escape the cycle of poverty," Parsley said."
To read the release, please click here: http://www.yesonissue5.com/documents/Center%20for%20Moral%20Clarity%20Endorses%20Yes%20on%205.pdf%20
Vote Yes on Issue 5!
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