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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