I must have fallen through a worm hole into another dimension. I could swear that when I went to bed last night that you could not campaign from the pulpit of a church. At least for that church to remain tax exempt you couldn’t.
I’m now thinking that must have been pre-hopenchange??
Indeed. It appears 'anything goes' in the black churches. The congregation and clergy might show an iota of shame... if they had any.
FOrget that. It used to be the people respected religion enough not to turn a holy worship service into a campaign stop, a stump speech, and to hand out bribes (tickets to see Obama) instead of worshiping the Lord.
It’s not just about “tax-exempt status”, it’s about mocking God.
Of course, a pastor at a black church telling his parishioners: “I want you to understand that not voting is a sin,” is simply using the fear of God to get more democratic votes.
Meanwhile, our church also will not put any voter guides in our church, because we don’t think people coming to worship God should feel like they have to support a political position to be accepted.