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Protecting Faith & Freedom
Iowa's only statewide organization uniting progressive voices of faith and goodwill to create change in Iowa through public policy education and advocacy. We are people of faith and goodwill from diverse backgrounds working to protect religious liberty, the individual rights of every Iowan, and the boundaries between religion and government. At its core, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa exists to protect Faith and Freedom in Iowa.
Better Together: Creating Community through Civility
The Better Together: Creating Community through Civility speaker series event with NEH Chairman Jim Leach on June 18 was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend or watch through IPTV.
Chairman Leach's speech can still be viewed online at Iowa Public Television, our Better Together media partner.
Learn more on how our communities can make progress on civility and be Better Together!
Iowa Clergy sign in support of same-gender marriage
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and Action Fund presented a letter in support of same-gender marriage signed by 167 of Iowa's clergy to Iowa legislators on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.
The clergy support marriage equality, oppose any attempt by legislators to diminish civil marriage rights for same-gender couples, and reject any attempt to use sacred text and religious traditions to write discrimination into our state's constitution.
They asked Legislators not to write their own particular religious beliefs into law but to respect the boundaries between "church and state". Legislators must uphold our state's constitution and our state's history of affirming equal protections to all people. The clergy asked legislators to stand with them for equality for ALL Iowa families, including those headed by same-gender couples.
Read some of the media coverage here.
CURRENT NEWS:Interfaith Alliance calls for quiet debate on Marriage Equality focused on religious freedomWashington, D.C. - Interfaith Alliance President, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, enters the marriage equality conversation with his thoughtful and profound reflections. While many faith traditions have grappled with issues of equality, including same-gender marriage, much of that work has been viewed through a scriptural lens. Interfaith Alliance seeks to shift the perspective on LGBT equality from that of problem to solution, from a scriptural argument to a religious freedom agreement, and to address the issue of equality as informed by our Constitution. Same-Gender Marriage and Religious Freedom: A Call to Quiet Conversations and Public Debates by Interfaith Alliance President, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, offers a diversity of ideas based on Interfaith Alliance’s unique advocacy for religious freedom and interfaith exchange. This projects’s cross-denominational nature is at the core of Interfaith Alliance’s effort to spark national conversation and action. Read more from Interfaith Alliance and download the full paper. Read more conversation online at "On Faith" a collaboration between the Washington Post and Newsweek Magazine. Dr. Gaddy is a regular columnist for "On Faith". |
Clergy and Faith Leaders Call for CivilityWashington, DC – A group of prominent faith leaders brought together by Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President of Interfaith Alliance, has released an open letter to other religious leaders, politicians, and pundits calling for civility in public debate and to specifically refrain from using inappropriate references to the Holocaust and Nazis. A copy of the letter along with its signers follows. An open letter to religious leaders, politicians, pundits and the public: |
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