I read a short article about how "A bill to increase spending for veterans' services failed to move forward in the Senate, despite support from 54 Democrats and two Republicans." (click on quote for website) And in class we have been discussing how Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was about the division of the two factions. Well, I related the two and started wondering Is our country currently as divided as it was before? Well, according to the article from before, we are divided, but not so that we will enter another war. We, as a country, have many differences within ourself and have many different beliefs on many different things. This usually causes division between people, such as people who believe Catholicism is a good force and others who don't. I personally believe it is a good force though, as a Catholic. Religion, equality, politics, the criminal justice system and other law systems are all things that can divide our country much like how it was in the era of Lincoln, and I believe if this issues are not solved peacefully and fairly we may as well have another war. But, division within a country is a very complex and fragile situation, once an opinion is made, it almost never can be changed without proper reasoning. To bring peace, show love, and stay hopeful are the only things an outsider can do to help bring conflict to an end.
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