Todd Gutnick | Anti-Defamation League | Phone: 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Jeff Huett | Baptist Joint Committee | Phone: 202-544-4226 | jhuett@BJConline.org New York, NY, February 21, 2012 … A diverse coalition of major national …
February 16, 2012 Dear Senator: On behalf of Interfaith Alliance’s more than 185,000 members nationwide, I write to ask your support for and co-sponsorship of the Every Child Deserves a Family Act ( ECDF ) (S. 1770). Interfaith Alliance’s support …
Conversation focuses on FBI training material offensive to Muslims Washington, D.C . – In a continuing effort to address concerns related to inflammatory training material, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently met with community …
Washington, DC - Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy issued the following statement in response to Washington Governor Chris Gregoire’s signature of the state’s same-gender marriage legislation into law: I commend the work done by …
Washington, D.C . — President Obama’s alternative proposal to provide access to contraception under the health care law drew support today from Interfaith Alliance. The original rule put forward by the administration last week had raised some concerns …
February 9, 2012 Mr. James Smack Acting Chairman Nevada Republican Party PO Box 401420 Las Vegas, NV 89140 Dear Mr. Smack: As a Baptist minister and as a patriotic American, I have been deeply disturbed by the …
Washington, D.C . – Interfaith Alliance praised the decision of the 9 th U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals declaring California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy issued the following statement …
Washington, D.C . — Today, the U.S . House of Representatives passed the War Memorial Protection Act ( H.R . 290), which would allow the government to erect religious symbols as war memorials. The legislation is an attempt to circumvent a 9 th U.S . …
January 24, 2012 Dear Representative: We are writing to urge you to oppose H.R . 290 and H.R . 2070. H.R . 290 would broadly authorize the use of religious symbols on any government memorial or monument honoring United States veterans. H.R …
January 18, 2012 Dear Senator, On behalf of Interfaith Alliance’s more than 185,000 members nationwide, I write to ask your support for and co-sponsorship of the Student Non-Discrimination Act ( SNDA ) (S. 555). Interfaith Alliance’s …
Washington, D.C. — Marking the anniversary of the passage in 1786 of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, each year, the President declares January 16 to be Religious Freedom Day. Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy issued the …
Washington , D.C . — Wednesday, the Virginia Board of Social Services’ voted to allow state-licensed adoption agencies to discriminate on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender and political beliefs. In response, Interfaith …
Washington, D.C . – This week, travel website Kayak.com appeared to follow the poor example set by home improvement retailer Lowe’s, when it, too, decided to pull future advertising from the TLC program “All-American Muslim.” Interfaith Alliance …
Washington, D.C. – Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy released the following statement today in response to Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry’s new television ad airing in Iowa, entitled “Strong”: …
Written Testimony of Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy , President of Interfaith Alliance Submitted to U.S . House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for the Hearing Record on …
Washington, D.C. – Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy released the following statement today in response to Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry’s new television ad airing in Iowa, entitled “Faith”: …
Washington, D.C . – Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy released the following statement today in response the Michigan State Legislature’s inclusion of a religious exemption in “Matt’s Safe School Law,” a bill that should have been …
November 3, 2011 The Honorable John Brennan Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. …
Written Testimony of Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy , President of Interfaith Alliance Submitted to U.S . House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution for the Hearing Record on “The State of …
Washington, DC – Interfaith Alliance announced today that the 2011 Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award will be presented to PBS anchor Jim Lehrer and the Rt . Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon, the second woman ever named as a bishop in the Episcopal Church. …
