He's championed equal economic opportunity by directing city funds to businesses that benefit the poor regions of the city and has promoted after-school programs designed to keep kids safe and out of trouble. Issues of social justice and equality, long considered liberal tenets, are fundamental to most religious traditions and deserve a prominent spot in public policy, Portune points out. You have such an opportunity to do good, to improve the human condition. If you have a passion for it, you actually can get things done. Sure, he nods, even then.
People vote their pocketbooks and self-interest more than social issues.
Yet it affords me a forum to speak out on things I'm passionate about. I even win a few now and then.