WASHINGTON — Interfaith Alliance, a national advocacy group focused on religious freedom and civil rights, hailed Tuesday’s midterm elections as a win for democracy in a Nov. 4 statement and said candidates running on progressive religious values, including members of the clergy, scored notable victories.
“Yesterday’s free, fair and safe election represents a critical victory for multi-faith democracy in our country,” said the Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, the group’s president and CEO.
Raushenbush described the results as a sweeping rejection of authoritarianism, bigotry and fear, and said they showed that the far right does not hold a monopoly on religion in the United States.
According to the statement, faith communities mobilized to get out the vote after years of responding to immigration raids, discrimination and injustice.
The group said its “Vote is Sacred” bus tour visited 17 states over the past month, rallying faith leaders and training congregations to help protect the democratic process. It said its mobilization efforts will continue to grow.
The statement closed by saying the country belongs not to kings or to any single narrow religious worldview, but to all Americans.
Interfaith Alliance, which uses the slogan “Democracy NOT Theocracy,” operates as both a 501(c)(3) foundation and a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization, according to its website.
This report is based on information from Interfaith Alliance.
Source: Interfaith Alliance
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