US politics: Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives
ELANA SCHOR and JACK JENKINS report for Religion News Service…
What religious left? Few Americans see Democratic presidential field as very religious
RNS Both Senator Elizabeth Warren, a United Methodist, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, an Episcopalian, turned to Scripture when asked about their personal mottos at this week’s Democratic debate in South Carolina. Former Vice President Joe Biden, a lifelong Catholic, has spoken throughout his campaign about running for president to “restore the soul of our […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, IT’S TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO START TALKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, PETER HENNE, director of Middle East studies in the Global and Regional Studies Program at the University of Vermont, argues that the issue of international religious freedom represents an opportunity for Democractic presidential candidates…
US Democratic presidential candidates reject plan to link church tax status, LGBT policy
Washington, DCRNS A comment last week by candidate Beto O’Rourke that churches and faith-based institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they don’t support same-sex marriage has brought criticism from two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. At least two other Democratic White House hopefuls have rejected the former Texas congressman’s proposal, arguing […]
US Democratic presidential hopefuls talk prayer and politics at black church forum
RNS Three Democratic presidential hopefuls fielded questions from black church leaders on Friday, bouncing between politics and prayer as they vied for support from an audience of about 5,000 black millennials. Former US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker all spoke to the group, […]
ESSAY: US DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE HIRING FAITH OUTREACH DIRECTORS – BUT OUTREACH FOR WHOM?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, TARA ISABELLA BURTON looks at who “faith outreach directors” may be targeting in their work to garner votes for Democrat presidential candidates…
US 2020 Democratic hopefuls field faith forum invites
RNS Democratic White House hopefuls – from Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg – are already talking a lot about God. Turns out both conservatives and progressives have been listening, and they want to hear more. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, […]
Franklin Graham challenges US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, but voters unlikely to care
RNS Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says his marriage to another man brings him closer to God. Franklin Graham disagrees. LEFT: Sound Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks in Raymond, New Hampshire, on Saturday, 16th February. RIGHT: Rev Franklin Graham speaks during an interview about his latest book in New York on 1st May, 2018. PICTURE: […]