Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Supporting Faith & Service
Only one party has a stated plan to support all our communities of faith in all their diversity. No individual or group is left out or targeted as worthy of suspicion & discrimination. 1/13

Religious freedom is a core American value and a core value of the Democratic Party. 2/13
#DemPartyPlatform #ReligiousFreedom #democracy

#Democrats will protect the rights of each American for the free exercise of his or her own religion. 3/13 #DemPartyPlatform #religions

It will be the policy of the Democratic Administration to advocate for religious freedom throughout the world. 4/13
#DemPartyPlatform #ReligiousFreedom

#Democrats celebrate America’s history of religious pluralism and tolerance, and recognize the countless acts of service of our faith communities, 5/13 #DemPartyPlatform #FaithAndService

#Democrats recognize the paramount importance of maintaining the separation between church and state enshrined in our Constitution.6/13 #DemPartyPlatform #SeparationOfChurchandState

During the Trump Administration, too many of our religious communities have been victimized by acts of intolerance, bigotry, and violence. 7/13 #DemPartyPlatform #ReligiousBigotry

#Democrats will reject the Trump Administration’s use of broad religious exemptions to allow businesses, medical providers, social service agencies, and others to discriminate. 8/13 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will increase funding and support for security investments and protection at houses of worship, because everyone should be able to pray without fear. (Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson) 9/13 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will confront white nationalist terrorism and combat hate crimes perpetrated against religious minorities.10/13 #DemPartyPlatform #DomesticTerrorists

#Democrats also recognize that, to fully confront the legacy of systemic and structural racism, it is time to examine, confront and dismantle the government programs, policies and practices that have unfairly targeted American Muslims as security threats.11/13 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats condemn the decades-long campaign to demonize and dehumanize the Muslim faith community, which has led to increased rates of violence and discrimination targeting American Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim. 12/13 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will hold accountable those who engage in or enable violent or other illegal activity targeting religious minorities, including by directing the federal government to address the growing & violent threat of white supremacist, neo-Nazi and anti-government groups. 13/13