Does Vice President Kamala Harris support religious freedom? The answer depends on how you define it — and which Americans you’re most worried about.
“I don’t think we’ve ever before had a candidate who has navigated various religious spaces and celebrated those various spaces in such an intimate way as the Vice President,” said the Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president of Interfaith Alliance.

Interfaith Alliance is proud to announce the 2025–2026 cohort of the Interfaith Leadership Network, an extraordinary group of clergy, pro-democracy advocates, and community leaders advancing civil rights, inclusive religious freedom, and democracy in communities across the country. Through practical support, funding, and a powerful peer network, these fellows will mobilize interfaith collaboration to confront urgent local challenges and strengthen a pluralistic democracy.

Over its first year, the Trump administration has weaponized religion to advance a white Christian nationalist agenda, attacking faith leaders, houses of worship, immigrants, and religious minorities while undermining core principles of religious freedom. Even as federal power has been used to intimidate and exclude, faith communities across traditions have mobilized to defend democracy, pluralism, and the right of all people to practice their beliefs.