Faith communities play an important role in U.S. democracy, and candidates for public office have a responsibility to listen to their concerns. With the next Democratic presidential debate only a few days away, the Center for American Progress decided to reach out to a few of the dozens of faith leaders featured in its annual “Faith Leaders to Watch” lists since 2012.
Journalists, including those at CNN and Univision who are moderating Sunday’s debate, have a responsibility to highlight the questions that progressive people of faith are asking. Often the “faith community” is only considered in the context of conservative politics, even though 71 percent of Democrats and people who lean Democratic identify with a religious tradition. The following 12 questions offer a small taste of the questions people of faith are asking in communities across the country.
