Faith leaders react to Kamala Harris' comments about her prayer life: 'What do you do with your faith?'

Faith leaders from aggregate denominations shared their reactions connected Monday to Vice President Kamala Harris' caller nationalist remarks astir her dream life and her campaign's broader effort to attraction connected religion and belief during nan last days starring up to nan election.

Last week, Harris told CNN's Anderson Cooper during a municipality hallway quality that she prays "every day" and "sometimes doubly a day." 

While immoderate of nan religion leaders commended Harris for her nationalist grounds astir her faith, each of them indicated that – astatine nan extremity of nan time – it is actions that really matter nan most, not words.

"I deliberation it's a bully point erstwhile nationalist officials do stock nan truth that they are group of religion and that they pray," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who serves arsenic subordinate dean and head of Global Social Action astatine nan Simon Wiesenthal Center successful Los Angeles. "I deliberation those kinds of expressions are important – they're positive." 

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However, Cooper added that "the astir important thing" is what 1 does pinch one's faith. "How does it show what benignant of personification you are? How do you interact pinch others?"

Church elder Joy Hollingshed, left, and Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris be a work astatine nan Church of Christian Compassion connected Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Cooper's return was echoed by a erstwhile Catholic leader and Fox News belief contributor Jonathan Morris, who insisted "we request candidates who are consenting to definitive not only successful words, but successful actions," that they are faith-centered, God-fearing people. 

Morris said he wished that Harris would person been asked a follow-up mobility astir nan specifications of her regular dream life. "I would person loved to person heard Anderson Cooper respond successful this way: "What does your daily, and sometimes doubly daily, dream look like, sound like, aliases consciousness like? What does it mean to you?"

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a work astatine nan Church of Christian Compassion connected Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Morris noted that he would ne'er make a judgement connected someone's soul religion and dream life, but he said that successful Harris' case, she is choosing to beryllium nationalist astir it, and that opens her up to follow-up questions. 

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The Faith & Freedom Coalition, a nonprofit that represents evangelical Christians, besides echoed nan statement that actions speak louder than words erstwhile it comes to faith. However, nan group based on that Harris' actions arsenic a nationalist charismatic person been antagonistic to group of faith.

"In an eleventh-hour effort to entreaty to America's largest voting bloc, Vice President Harris is abruptly visiting churches and pretending she's had thing to do pinch nan Biden-Harris administration's posture of antagonism toward group of religion for nan past 4 years," said Timothy Head, nan coalition's executive director. "Harris has refused to take sides belief freedom aliases return earnestly nan concerns of church-going Americans while pandering to pro-abortion radicals, making this last-minute effort some insincere and destined to fail. If ever location were an illustration of 'too little, excessively late,' this is it."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, apical center, attends a religion work astatine New Birth Baptist Church successful Stonecrest, Georgia, connected Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

Harris, nan girl of a Hindu mother from India and an Anglican begetter from Jamaica, was influenced by a Christian female passim her upbringing, according to The Washington Post. 

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"I grew up successful nan Black church," Harris said successful a caller interview. During nan interview, Harris discussed her narration pinch her pastor, Rev. Amos Brown, noting that she called him instantly aft she learned astir becoming nan Democratic nominee for president.

Earlier this month, nan Harris run launched a "Souls to nan Polls" initiative, led by nan campaign’s National Advisory Board of Black Faith Leaders. One of those advisory committee members, Bishop Leah Daughtry, told CNN that religion leaders person been canvasing nan state to make a lawsuit for Harris. 

Harris has besides been campaigning astatine galore churches arsenic of late, wherever she often quotes Scripture verses, and connected Monday, Harris received an endorsement from much than 1,000 religion leaders crossed nan country.

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Meanwhile, this week, a Catholic defense organization, CatholicVote, released an advertisement calling connected Harris to denounce a arguable resistance group whose members person mocked nuns and different Christian symbols successful their performances. In nan ad, Harris tin beryllium seen successful a image pinch members of nan group, which CatholicVote claims "intentionally mock[s] and degrade[s] Christians."