Maryland Clergy call for Health Care
From the Baltimore Sun
Clergy press for health care bill
Advocates urge senators to act
By Laura Smitherman
Sun reporter
March 14, 2007
With the two chambers of the General Assembly at an impasse over extending medical coverage to uninsured Marylanders, members of the clergy gathered in Annapolis yesterday to pressure state senators to approve legislation that the House of Delegates is expected to pass this week.
“Those who don’t see the urgency of this bill, we’ll make sure they’ll be serving someplace else,” said the Rev. A.C.D. Vaughn, pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in Baltimore.
He made that pledge at a news conference with more than 50 representatives of the clergy who said they were compelled to speak out for congregation members who go without health care because they lack insurance.
