Interfaith Alliances Vote is Sacred bus tour stops in Harrisburg ahead of election [Video]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The organization is nonpartisan. The coalition is broad: Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, among others.

But make no mistake: These folks have a particular view about the role of religion in public life.

“There’s no one religious group that gets to claim religion for America. It involves all of us from all different traditions to come together and make democracy work for everybody,” said Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Interfaith Alliance, whose “The Vote is Sacred” bus tour rolled into Harrisburg Monday afternoon. “There are all different ways that religion can show up in the public square, but let’s make sure that it’s used to celebrate, not discriminate.”

The bus — with its “The Vote is Sacred” branding on the outside and literature on the inside — began its day in Pittsburgh. The tour began in Omaha, Nebraska, and will …