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Religious Coalition for the Common Good“We believe in the integrity of Creation and that God desires health, food, shelter and security for every person in keeping with our fundamental dignity as human beings. Our convictions of hope and justice are shaped by a God ‘who executes justice for the orphan and widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing’” (Deuteronomy 10:18). That forms the core belief of the Religious Coalition for the Common Good (RCCG), a working group of Washington State’s faith community formed in late 2006. The RCCG, formed out of a common desire to present progressive moral imperatives on a broad public policy agenda in Washington State, is composed of the Washington Association of Churches (the WAC), Associated Ministries of Tacoma and Pierce County, the Church Council of Greater Seattle, Earth Ministry, the Friends Committee on Washington Public Policy, the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, the Lutheran Public Policy Office of Washington State, A. Philip Randolph Institute Pastor’s Committee, Washington State Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice, and the Washington Coalition of Rabbis. The RCCG brings together Washington’s ecumenical and interfaith communities to attain the goal of communicating to Washington State government that its budget is a moral document, not just a rote exercise in public policy. |
      
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