In his State of the Union Address, President Obama proposed raising the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour. In support of this initiative, the White House has blogged about it and published a “fact sheet,” as well. Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris has even conducted a “minimum wage tour” to draw attention to the issue.  

The latest salvo, however, comes from the director of the Labor Department’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Phil Tom has written an article on the Department of Labor’s official blog entitled “The Faith-Based Argument for Raising the Minimum Wage”: