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The Vote is Sacred Tour: Harrisburg, PA
On the eve of Election Day, The Vote is Sacred Tour visited Harrisburg. A camera crew from the local ABC News affiliate was waiting at Beth El Temple for us when the bus arrived. We met up with Rabbi Carl Choper of Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania and visited the capitol building and other sites around the city. We finished our visit to Harrisburg with a press conference in partnership with Power to the Hill, which engages voters and promotes active citizenship in the Allison Hill neighborhood. The reporter from the ABC affiliate delivered a live report from the site of the press conference.
You can watch the in-depth report here:
We departed Harrisburg for Philadelphia after the press conference and were able to watch the report on the television on the bus! Here’s a photo of that exciting moment!
Texas Faith Communities Fight Against Mandated Ten Commandment Displays
Texans of all faiths are uniting in filing a lawsuit against Senate Bill No. 10 (S.B. 10), which requires Texas public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. The bill specifically mandates the display must be at least sixteen by twenty inches, hung in a "conspicuous space,” and follow a specific phrasing most commonly aligned with Protestant beliefs.
Faith leaders have an important role in fighting hate speech
Recently, the Sure Foundation Baptist Church (SFBC) in Indianapolis held a sermon in which the preacher called for the government to institute the death penalty for the LGBTQ+ community. Despite heavy criticism from the Indianapolis community for its hateful remark, the church has refused to back down, instead celebrating the exposure that the incident has brought.
