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It's barely a month old, but already it's one of the most successful such Web launches in history. "FaithfulAmerica.org," a new online advocacy service for persons with religious motivations for involvement in civic life, expects to welcome its 100,000th member over the July 4 holiday. Billed as a "new voice that rejects both the dogmatism of the right and the secularism of the left," FaithfulAmerica.org's first major project is a television ad aimed at Arab viewers, featuring statements by American persons of faith — Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim — expressing sorrow for abuses in Iraqi prisons, and pledging "to work to right these wrongs." Visitors to the new site have responded by giving more than $150,000 to run the ad on Arabic-language TV networks. Not aligned with any political party, FaithfulAmerica.org offers its members an easy way to send messages to their elected officials, communicate with each other, sign petitions, and access inspiring sermons and commentaries from religious leaders about moral and spiritual challenges facing our society. Membership is free, and is open to all persons of faith. It is a project of the National Council of Churches, with support from TrueMajority and ResPublica.
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