Interfaith Alliance
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The Interfaith Alliance (TIA) is a 501(c)(4) nonpartisan advocacy organization. Founded in 1994 to "challenge the radical religious right", TIA remains committed to "promoting the positive and healing role of religion in public life by encouraging civic participation, facilitating community activism, and challenging religious political extremism."[1]
Membership
To date, The Interfaith Alliance has 185,000 members. For a full list of the over 75 religions this group represents, go to InterfaithAlliance.org.
The Interfaith Alliance and Foundation
The Interfaith Alliance Foundation (TIAF) works in close partnership with The Interfaith Alliance.[2] A 501(c)(3) non-partisan educational organization, TIAF shares TIA’s mission of promoting the positive and healing role of religion in public life, but conducts its work through research, education, and civil discourse. The main purpose of TIAP is to "increase understanding about the religious liberty clause in the First Amendment to the Constitution and its relevance in today’s political process."
President and Board of Directors
President
Rev. Dr. Welton Geddy
The Interfaith Alliance Officers of the Board
- Chairman, Rabbi Jack Moline
- Vice-Chairman, Rev. Dr. Galen Guengerich
- The Interfaith Alliance and Foundation Vice-Chairman, Rabbi David J. Gelfand
- Secretary, Sr. Maureen McCormack
- Treasurer, Claudia Wiegand
Judicial Advocacy
The group advocates for an open and bipartisan consultative process considering judicial nominees.
President Bush "Falls Short"
Prior to Justice Alito's confirmation, the Interfaith Alliance had this to say concerning President Bush's federal judicial appointments:
"Lifetime appointments to the federal bench must be independent, fair-minded individuals who have a record of commitment to protecting individual rights. Many of the president’s intended nominees fall short of these qualifications and raise serious questions about their ability to judge impartially the cases presented before them."[3]
The group also considered Bush nominee William Pryor "extreme".
