Fwd: Faith Voices Against Trump

From:DavisM@dnc.org To: MirandaL@dnc.org Date: 2016-05-06 16:21 Subject: Fwd: Faith Voices Against Trump

Thoughts? Marilyn D. Davis National Director of Community Engagement Democratic National Convention M: 609-218-3254 Twitter: @marilynddavis Facebook.com/marilynddavis<http://facebook.com/marilynddavis> Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any typos Begin forwarded message: Hey-- Just wanted to flag this for you--and it's candidate neutral. There have been two REALLY great moments where faith voices have come out and condemned Trump for bringing out the worst in America. This would be a great thing to amplify however possible. Really good opportunity for us to engage and institutionalize these faith voices in the party infrastructure. It would be great to try and engage them and get them to do something at convention, etc. Maybe do a vigil at the Cleveland Convention? All just ideas. John ######### Called to Resist: A very powerful letter signed by a TON of faith leaders: "Trump’s highly visible and vulgar racial and religious demagoguery presents a danger but also an opportunity—to publicly expose and resist the worst of American values. By confronting a message so contrary to our Christian values, our religious voices can help provide a powerful way to put our true faith and our better American values forward in the midst of national moral confusion and crisis." http://www.calledtoresist.org/ Russell Moore Russell Moore who was really close with the Rubio Evangelical team came out and condemned Trump. As of this week, the nation faces a crazier election season than many of us ever imagined, with Donald J. Trump as the all-but-certain nominee of the Republican Party. Regardless of the outcome in November, his campaign is forcing American Christians to grapple with some scary realities that will have implications for years to come. This election has cast light on the darkness of pent-up nativism and bigotry all over the country. There are not-so-coded messages denouncing African-Americans and immigrants; concern about racial justice and national unity is ridiculed as “political correctness.” Religious minorities are scapegoated for the sins of others, with basic religious freedoms for them called into question. Many of those who have criticized Mr. Trump’s vision for America have faced threats and intimidation from the “alt-right<http://www.newyorker.com/news/benjamin-wallace-wells/is-the-alt-right-for-real>” of white supremacists and nativists who hide behind avatars on social media. http://nyti.ms/1TMwWXW -- John McCarthy // +1 (732) 687-9209 T: @JohnWMcCarthy<https://twitter.com/JohnWMcCarthy> E: JohnMcCarthyNJ@Gmail.com<mailto:JohnMcCarthyNJ@gmail.com>