2020 election
Biden laces Electoral College victory speech with Scripture and Prayer of St. Francis
By Jack Jenkins — December 15, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘For where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith, where there is darkness, light,’ President-elect Joe Biden said, invoking the Prayer of St. Francis.
‘Proud Boys’ burn Black Lives Matter signs at churches in Washington
By Jack Jenkins — December 13, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'For me it was reminiscent of cross burnings,' said the Rev. Ianther M. Mills, pastor of a church whose Black Lives Matter sign was burned.
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
By Elana Schor and Ben Nadler — November 29, 2020
(RNS) — The GOP has resurfaced excerpts from a Democratic candidate's sermons to assail him as insufficiently supportive of the military as well as anti-Israel.
Catholic bishops broadcast mixed messages about Biden’s victory
By Jack Jenkins — November 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The head of the U.S. bishops conference has taken a more cautious tone over time despite initially congratulating the president-elect on his victory.
Five takeaways from the 2020 election
By Thomas Reese — November 7, 2020
(RNS) — We know — have known — that we must do more listening and less preaching. If we cannot, our future is bleak.
‘It took a long time to get here’: Mauree Turner becomes Oklahoma’s first Muslim lawmaker
By Alejandra Molina — November 6, 2020
(RNS) — The 27-year-old Black, nonbinary community organizer said she has heard from many who 'didn’t feel like they had a place in politics.'
Exit polls show few changes in the religious vote
By Yonat Shimron — November 5, 2020
(RNS) — Support for President Donald Trump among white evangelicals remained constant. Catholics split their vote. And non-Christians voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden.
Five states elect first-ever Muslim lawmakers, from Oklahoma to Delaware
By Aysha Khan — November 5, 2020
(RNS) — On Tuesday, voters in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Oklahoma and Wisconsin all elected their state legislatures’ first-ever Muslim lawmakers.
Raphael Warnock, heir to MLK’s pulpit, heads for runoff for Georgia Senate seat
By Paul O'Donnell and Adelle M. Banks — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — The pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, once co-pastored by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., now faces incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
A cemetery is desecrated, shaking Michigan’s Jewish community on Election Day
By Yonat Shimron — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — Gayle Kirshenbaum planned to spend Election Day calling potential voters and urging them to vote. Instead she woke up to the news that the cemetery where her grandparents are buried was desecrated.
Black faith leaders call for nonviolent resistance, strikes if Trump refuses election results
By Alejandra Molina — November 2, 2020
(RNS) — The faith leaders and activists are urging rural, white, Black and Latino Democrats, Republicans and independents to 'uphold democracy.'
In 2020, ‘nonexistent’ Catholic vote will be crucial — again
By Thomas Reese — October 29, 2020
(RNS) — It’s not who Catholics are or what they believe, but where they are and their enthusiasm for voting.
In battleground states, American Jews prefer Biden over Trump by a wide margin
By Yonat Shimron — October 21, 2020
(RNS) — A pair of surveys of likely Jewish voters in Florida and Pennsylvania shows that former Vice President Joe Biden has a massive lead over Donald Trump.
10 years after Elder Packer’s anti-LGBTQ talk, have Mormons turned the corner on gay rights?
By Jana Riess — October 13, 2020
(RNS) — We’ve certainly come a long way since 2010, but it remains to be seen if the LDS church charted a new course on LGBT issues.
Calling all women: It’s time to take our stand together against tyranny and injustice
By Faith in Public Life — September 30, 2020
(RNS) — Every holy text we follow, from the Quran, Torah and Bible to the teachings of the Guru Granth Sahib, demands a moral obligation to the most marginalized people in society.
