Faith, Values and the 2016 Election: Reflection Guide for Voters

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Faith, Values and the 2016 Election: Reflection Guide for Voters

Time: October 16, 2016 at 6pm to November 8, 2016 at 7pm
Location: Washington, DC
Website or Map: http://www.faithinpubliclife.…
Event Type: informational, brochure
Organized By: Interfaith Power and Light
Latest Activity: Oct 5, 2016

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As religious organizations, clergy and people of faith across the country, we believe the 2016 election presents an important opportunity to reflect on our deepest values and commitment to the common good. Elections should be about more than partisan divisions, the latest poll numbers, Super PACs and billionaire donors. Politics as usual is insufficient for the urgent task of addressing the defining moral issues of our time: growing economic inequality; climate change; a broken immigration system that tears apart families; mass incarceration that devastates communities of color; gun violence; and confronting terrorism without abandoning our values. All of these challenges require policy responses, but at root they raise moral questions about the kind of nation we want for our children and grandchildren.
Religious leaders and ordinary people of faith have always been at the forefront of struggles for justice. The soul of American democracy is found in those clergy and faith-based activists who have marched, bled and even died for voting rights, equality and human dignity. Inspired by this prophetic witness and united as people of faith, we turn our attention to this presidential election not as partisans, but as faithful citizens committed to justice and compassion, responsibility and community.

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