Interfaith Alliance’s ‘Vote is Sacred’ bus tour stops in Harrisburg ahead of election
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Interfaith Alliance’s ‘Vote is Sacred’ bus tour stops in Harrisburg ahead of election

November 22, 2024

“There’s no one religious group that gets to claim religion for America. It involves all of us from all different traditions to come together and make democracy work for everybody,” said Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Interfaith Alliance, whose “The Vote is Sacred” bus tour rolled into Harrisburg Monday afternoon. “There are all different ways that religion can show up in the public square, but let’s make sure that it’s used to celebrate, not discriminate.”

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