Correction...
Got to remember that a number of pulpits have been silent too often out of FEAR of being threatened of losing that tax exempt status.
Has any church ACTUALLY tried this?
Heck; a small church that RENTS a storefront sure hasn't much property to be confiscated!
I was on the premises when THIS happened.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2001/summer/church-vs-state
I tried to follow it because, as an independent, fundamental Baptist, we were distinctly connected to the issue