A group of faith leaders have added their voices to the gun control debate, appearing in a video released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns Tuesday.
“It is being released ahead of the upcoming Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend on March 15-17, organized by Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Cathedral and PICO,” the group, which was co-founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said in a written statement. “Congregations throughout the nation will gather to reflect and act on preventing gun violence including requiring background checks for all gun sales, removing assault weapons and high-capacity magazines from our communities and making gun trafficking a federal crime.”
BuzzFeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro was first to report on the video. Here’s a list of the faith leaders in the video:
•Very Rev. Gary Hall, Dean, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
•Rabbi Esther Lederman, Temple Micah, Washington, D.C.
•Imam Makhdoom Zia, Mustafa Center, Annandale, Va.
•Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director, NETWORK
•Sher J.B. Singh, Special Advisor, Sikh Counsel of Religion and Education
•Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, Director of the Office of Public Witness, Presbyterian Church USA
•Rev. Janet Vincent, Rector, St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
•Rev. Jim Wallis, President and CEO, Sojourners
•Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
•Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action of Reform Judaism
•Rev. Jennifer Butler, Executive Director, Faith in Public Life
•Rev. Samuel W. Whitaker, Pastor, Contee AME Zion Church, Washington, D.C.
•Rev. Edgar Palacios, Associate Pastor for Christian Education, Calvary Baptist Church, Washington D.C.
•Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, National Director, Office for Interfaith and Community Alliances, Islamic Society of North America
•Bishop Donald Williams, Bread for the World
•Sister Carol Keehan, President and CEO, Catholic Health Association of the USA
•Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.
•Rev. Doctor David Cooney, Assistant to the Bishop, Baltimore Washington Conference
Watch the video:
