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FaithfulDemocrats.com
is an online community and action center for Democrats of Christian faith. Chaired by social justice activist Rev. Romal
Tune and Tennessee State Senator and author Roy Herron, our website is helping
to frame the nationâs values debate around the Gospel message of justice and community
â not the Religious Rightâs message of fear and division. In the process, we aim to energize the
Democratic base, expand the Democratic coalition, and hold the Democratic Party
to its highest ideals.

Specifically, our
website:

Targets
Christians while being explicitly Democratic. Interfaith and progressive groups play a critical role
in our nationâs political life, and our website will indeed be
interfaith-friendly. But our
Christian focus gives evangelicals, Catholics, and other devout Christians
a place to feel at home â and our partisan focus, in turn, does the needed
work of helping Democrats win elections.

Features
big names in religion and politics. Committed
writers and Advisory Council members include Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Harry
Reid, Minyon Moore, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Mike McCurry, Paul Begala, Rev. Romal Tune, Dr. Robin
Lovin, and many others.

Provides
a true community. A diverse team of bloggers are
generating fresh content every day, and site visitors are able to discuss
and debate everything on the site. This format engages Christian Democrats and swing voters while
giving a forum to a new generation of writers who can articulate
Democratic values in the language of faith. Our team includes rising stars like
best-selling author Lauren Winner, renowned theologian Dr. Robin Lovin,
Latina activist and CrossLeft founder Kety Esquivel, Georgia minister and
Rainbow-Push activist Kennth Walker, Center for American Progress Fellow
Denis McDonough, and numerous others.:

Hosts
a Campaign Action Center. In an era of Republican dominance, Democrats canât afford to be all
talk. FaithfulDemocrats.com will
highlight candidates in close races, direct volunteers and donors to these
campaigns, provide talking points, and feature a campaign blog with
analysts such as former Washington Monthly editor Amy Sullivan.

**The bottom line:FaithfulDemocrats.com will succeed
because its time has come. Millions of voters have bought into the lie
that âreal Christiansâ vote Republican.
Now is the time to win back those voters, reclaim one of the worldâs
great faiths, and, in the process, transform America.

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