Editing Religious festival (section)

== Festival of Faiths ==
A celebration of [[interfaith dialogue]], the first Festival of Faiths was held in Louisville, Kentucky,<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=Leslie|date=14 November 1996|title="Festival to Showcase Religious Diversity"|work=The Courier-Journal}}</ref> and in 1998, Senator [[Wendell Ford]] passed a resolution in the United States Congress "to express the sense of the Senate that the Louisville Festival of Faiths should be commended and should serve as model for similar festivals in other communities throughout the United States."<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-resolution/274/text?r=17&s=1|title = Text - S.Res.274 - 105th Congress (1997-1998): A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Louisville Festival of Faiths should be commended and should serve as model for similar festivals in other communities throughout the United States|date = 9 October 1998|access-date = 14 June 2020|archive-date = 14 June 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200614183037/https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-resolution/274/text?r=17&s=1|url-status = live}}</ref> Several cities throughout the United States now host interfaith festivals including Kansas City, Kansas,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Festival of Faiths in Kansas City|url=https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/festival-faiths-kansas-city|access-date=2020-06-14|website=hwpi.harvard.edu|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614183042/https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/festival-faiths-kansas-city|url-status=live}}</ref> St Louis, Missouri,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interfaith Inspiration: Louisville, Kentucky's "Festival of Faiths"|url=https://www.interfaithstl.org/2012/06/01/interfaith-inspiration-louisville-kentuckys-festival-of-faiths/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614183038/https://www.interfaithstl.org/2012/06/01/interfaith-inspiration-louisville-kentuckys-festival-of-faiths/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Indianapolis, Indiana <ref>{{Cite web|last=SAAHIR|first=IMAM MICHAEL “MIKAL”|title=Indy's Festival of Faiths invites all religions|url=http://www.indianapolisrecorder.com/religion/article_0f041240-cd8d-11e8-8619-9f5323e65db3.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper|date=11 October 2018|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614183033/http://www.indianapolisrecorder.com/religion/article_0f041240-cd8d-11e8-8619-9f5323e65db3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Cincinnati, Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Opinion: Festival of Faiths a healing balm|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2019/09/06/opinion-festival-faiths-healing-balm/2201137001/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Cincinnati.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128000844/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2019/09/06/opinion-festival-faiths-healing-balm/2201137001/|url-status=live}}</ref>