
"Some people have the belief they can impose their beliefs on the rest of us, and not coexist in peace," the Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush said. "We're using the power of religion to fight back against the anti-LGBTQ hate that is happening."

Over its first year, the Trump administration has weaponized religion to advance a white Christian nationalist agenda, attacking faith leaders, houses of worship, immigrants, and religious minorities while undermining core principles of religious freedom. Even as federal power has been used to intimidate and exclude, faith communities across traditions have mobilized to defend democracy, pluralism, and the right of all people to practice their beliefs.
For most of my life, I understood Hinduism as one single set of practices. As a child, I was sent to Hindu Sunday school where I learned about Hindu philosophies, stories, holidays, rituals, and more. It was only after turning 17 that I realized that my family practiced something entirely different than what Sunday school had been teaching me