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THIS THURSDAY the Senate will be holding a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)! Please take a moment to urge your Senators to cosponsor ENDA and support equality in the workplace for ALL Americans!
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5339 /t/2489/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY= 1234
Source: org2.democracyinaction.org
The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation - the national non-partisan advocacy voice of the interfaith movement. Our 150,000 members are from more than 70 faith traditions and people ...

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http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfai th/panelists/c_welton_gaddy/2009/10/hate _is_not_a_religious_value.html
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com
All crimes are not equal. We see this not only in how our legal framework metes out punishments based on the crimes committed, but in how we as individuals are affected by some crimes more or less than others. ...

Interfaith Alliance Our Public Policy Manager was at the Supreme Courtfor oral arguments in the Mojave cross case yesterday morning! Her take on the proceedings: stateofbelief.com/blog/?p=760 http://stateofbelief.com/blog/?p=760
Source: stateofbelief.com
This morning, before the sun was up, I joined scores of tourists, activists, and concerned citizens in line outside the Supreme Court to hear first hand the oral arguments in Salazar v. Buono, aka the Mojave Desert Cross case. ...

Interfaith Alliance For those that missed it, here is the link to Rev. Gaddy's appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show last night.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
By Rachel Maddow and Margaret Winter - Alabama now lets HIV-positive inmates out on work release, but de facto segregation of HIV-positive continues

Interfaith Alliance Rev. Gaddy will join Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show tonight to talk about Gov. Bobby Jindal's controversial use of taxpayer dollars to visit churches around Louisiana.

Source: www.wwl.com
A recent review by The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge showed Jindal's use of state helicopters for church trips cost taxpayers at least $45,000 over five months this year.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Walter Cronkite became "the most trusted man in America" because he held as sacred his commitment to journalism that rigorously distinguished professional objectivity from personal opinion.

Interfaith Alliance Dr. Gaddy will be on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight to talk with Rachel about the National Day of Prayer - tune in to MSNBC at 9pm Eastern to watch!

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Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, today released the following letter he authored to both Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain encouraging both candidates to treat all Americans, including Muslims, equally and to fully engage them and other religious minorities in the political process.
To the Obama campaign, we issue t...his challenge: The next time someone asks if you are Muslim, don’t just say no and recite your Christian bona fides. Ask them why it matters. We’ve seen already that some of your opponents will try to use your family religious history against you. Rise above that, and use the moment to teach someone why calling you a Muslim isn’t correct, but it certainly isn’t a slur.
To the McCain campaign, a slightly different but no less important challenge: Don’t ignore the Muslim community because you assume they’ll vote the other way. Every citizen should hear clear, strong messages from all political parties in order to make an educated decision in the voting booth.Read More
To the Obama campaign, we issue t...his challenge: The next time someone asks if you are Muslim, don’t just say no and recite your Christian bona fides. Ask them why it matters. We’ve seen already that some of your opponents will try to use your family religious history against you. Rise above that, and use the moment to teach someone why calling you a Muslim isn’t correct, but it certainly isn’t a slur.
To the McCain campaign, a slightly different but no less important challenge: Don’t ignore the Muslim community because you assume they’ll vote the other way. Every citizen should hear clear, strong messages from all political parties in order to make an educated decision in the voting booth.Read More

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Leadership Education Advancing Democracy and Diversity
Time:6:00PM Sunday, July 27th
Location:4H Center

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Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President of Interfaith Alliance issued the following statement today in response to Dunkin Donuts discontinuing an online ad featuring Rachel Ray wearing a kiffiyeh.
"Enough already. Have we really reached the point where we are associating wearing a scarf of Middle Eastern origin with terrori...st sympathies? Should we apply this standard to everything that comes from the Middle East? Or are we only applying this standard to our wardrobe? If that is the case I would like to suggest that we stop wearing sweaters with hoods so as not to expose any sympathies for the unabomber.
I just returned from a week in the Middle East where I took part in the World Economic Forum. I can tell you that serious issues continue to widen the divide between the Muslim world and the west. We simply must repair that divide. We can not allow misguided pundits to trivialize the situation like this. It gives new meaning to the term “wardrobe malfunction.”
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"Enough already. Have we really reached the point where we are associating wearing a scarf of Middle Eastern origin with terrori...st sympathies? Should we apply this standard to everything that comes from the Middle East? Or are we only applying this standard to our wardrobe? If that is the case I would like to suggest that we stop wearing sweaters with hoods so as not to expose any sympathies for the unabomber.
I just returned from a week in the Middle East where I took part in the World Economic Forum. I can tell you that serious issues continue to widen the divide between the Muslim world and the west. We simply must repair that divide. We can not allow misguided pundits to trivialize the situation like this. It gives new meaning to the term “wardrobe malfunction.”
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A Dream In Doubt:
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Local PBS Listing by Zip: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broad cast.html
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Time:4:00PM Tuesday, May 20th
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