At the womens march, the religious left resists Trump

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By Lauren Markoe | 14 hours ago

WASHINGTON (RNS) Their signs spoke of support for abortion rights, immigrants, Black Lives Matter and science — and of their disgust with newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.

Politics drew hundreds of thousands to the Women’s March on Washington Saturday (Jan. 21). But many said they were also compelled by their faith.

Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist, they rejected the notion that the conservative religious people successfully courted by Trump — out in force on the National Mall for his inauguration Friday — represent the only voice of religious America.

Marcher Kathy Fitzsimmons, a congregant at the progressive First Baptist Church in Greenville, S.C., chided herself for not being more active in civic matters when Barack Obama was president. Like many others at the march, she pledged to be more engaged in the future.

http://religionnews.com/2017/01/21/at-the-womens-march-the-religious-left-resists-trump/

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Now if the corporate media will actually admit that there IS a religious left, that might widen the dialogue.