The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit has launched a petition drive in response to a potential threat to religious liberty rumored for our region later this month.

An extremist group has announced plans to demonstrate in Dearborn on April 22.

“We are asking people to sign on to ‘A Simple Affirmation for our Community’ as a way to indicate their rejection of fear-mongering and intolerance,” according to Rev. Daniel Buttry, a representative of the American Baptist Churches and a board member of the Interfaith Leadership Council.