Religious left? Faith groups get involved in politics

Doug Pagitt, executive director of Vote Common Good, and pastor at Solomon’s Porch, a holistic missional Christian community in Minneapolis, formerly a church and now a registered nonprofit, speaks at a rally at Veterans Park in Richfield on Wednesday. Credit: Tony Saunders, MPR News

Churches turned Minneapolis minister Doug Pagitt away, so on Wednesday, he delivered a sermon of sorts outside in the frigid rain.

He didn’t quote heavily from scripture or hold up the Bible. Instead, he asked the more than 100 people gathered in a park in Richfield to get out and vote this fall — and vote for Democrats.

“We are here to raise people’s voices,” Pagitt told the crowd. “Even if you have to come out on a blistering, cold, Christmas-feeling day like this.”

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