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8 May 2019

Democrats elevate faith – and forgiveness – on campaign trail

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Democrats elevate faith – and forgiveness – on campaign trailDear reader: Our top story today looks at how some of the Democratic presidential candidates are trying to reclaim religion from the far right, by openly discussing their faith on the campaign trail. Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has been at the forefront of this trend. At a forum last month, the openly gay mayor took on the religious right’s opposition to gay marriage, saying he wishes the “Mike Pences of the world” would understand “that if you’ve got a problem with who I am, your problem is not with me – your quarrel, sir, is with my creator.” Yet some of Mr. …

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-elevate-faith-forgiveness-campaign-trail-233524190.html