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Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic convention

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FAITH AT THE FOREFRONTOn the night he was to officially accept the Democratic nomination for president, Joe Biden put faith front and center, making a point not to cede the issue to Republicans.Sen.

Chris Coons, who represents nominee Biden’s home state of Delaware, spoke of a “private” faith that is personally defining for Biden, a practicing Roman Catholic.

Coons said the nominee “believes in the power of prayer” and in “the dignity of all people” because they are “made in the image of God.”Simone Campbell, of the social justice activist group Nuns on the Bus, delivered the invocation.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms praised the late civil rights icon John Lewis as a “God-fearing man.” Another segment from historian Jon Meacham leaned.

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