(RNS) — Sitting for an interview at the Republican National Convention in July, Caroline Sunshine, a communications staffer with former President Donald Trump’s campaign, laid plain what she thinks about Democrats and faith.“I think the left is godless,” Sunshine told Fox News.
But that claim was hard to square with what happened Monday night (Aug. 19), when the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago. For several hours, speaker after speaker not only heaped praise on Democratic White House hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but also referred to religion, Scripture and faith, with at least one supporter delivering a Bible-filled address pundits referred to as a “sermon.”
The faith-fueled messaging may have surprised some conservatives, but it’s hardly news to anyone who kept a close eye on liberals over the past decade or so. The Democratic Party, although home to a growing (and sizable) subset of religiously unaffiliated voters, remains majority religious and majority Christian, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. More to the point: Although people of faith have long been at home among its ranks, religious rhetoric at Democratic Party conventions has garnered more headlines in recent years, with the 2016 gathering featuring a primetime address from a prominent pastor and the 2020 event …
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But that claim was hard to square with what happened Monday night (Aug. 19), when the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago. For several hours, speaker after speaker not only heaped praise on Democratic White House hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, but also referred to religion, Scripture and faith, with at least one supporter delivering a Bible-filled address pundits referred to as a “sermon.”
The faith-fueled messaging may have surprised some conservatives, but it’s hardly news to anyone who kept a close eye on liberals over the past decade or so. The Democratic Party, although home to a growing (and sizable) subset of religiously unaffiliated voters, remains majority religious and majority Christian, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. More to the point: Although people of faith have long been at home among its ranks, religious rhetoric at Democratic Party conventions has garnered more headlines in recent years, with the 2016 gathering featuring a primetime address from a prominent pastor and the 2020 event …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]