This faith-framed messaging guide gives religious and faith leaders and faith-based communicators short, ready to use counter-messages that respond to the most common objections against CSE without importing language that feels foreign to their own traditions and culture. It draws its authority from values that faith communities already hold such as protection of the young, the dignity of every person, and shared responsibility between parents, congregations, schools, and the state.
This guide is a companion to two related documents produced alongside it:
- A Theological Response Brief, which sets out fuller, claim-by-claim theological responses; and
- A set of Talking Points for Faith Leaders for public advocacy.
