Hundreds gathered outside Georgia Statehouse in Atlanta on Saturday for a prayer march ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. Senate by-elections.
The marchers prayed that “biblical values should be raised in the Georgia Senate election,” according to the Georgia Prayer March, which organized the event.
The march was described as non-partisan, but the website said that participants would act on issues such as’ holiness of life in the womb, the sanctity of a man-to-woman marriage, the scriptural-based free market system and support for Israel ‘- all traditionally conservative issues.
“We do not tell anyone who to vote for,” the website said. “It is your decision. We are not biased. However, we pray for Georgians to vote for candidates with clear biblical values. Our prayer is that biblical values should be followed in our country.”
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Several of the speakers encouraged voters to vote for Republican Sens Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and questioned the validity of the presidential election, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Loeffler will stand before the Democrat on Tuesday, Rev. Raphael Warnock, while Perdue is challenged by Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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“What happens on Tuesday will determine the fate of the republic,” said the evangelical pastor and organizer, dr. Jim Garlow, according to the newspaper.
Other speakers include Alma Rivera, Robert Weinger and Bishop Wellington Boone, according to WXIA-TV in Atlanta.
More than 3 million voters in the state have already cast their ballots during the early voting period that ended Friday. About 5 million Georgians voted during the presidential election.
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Early turnout lagged behind in rural and conservative areas last week, but Republicans are confident they will do well on election day as during the presidential election, the Journal-Constitution reports. President Trump and Perdue both received about 60% of the people’s election day votes.