Posted on 08/30/2004 8:53:11 AM PDT by Notwithstanding
They danced, clapped, shouted and sang, and that was before the Rev. Al Sharpton even opened his mouth.
By the time the former presidential candidate finished his sermon to more than a thousand people gathered in a Miami church Sunday, blending politics and religion into a call to action to South Florida's black community, congregation members churned with energy.
When he was done, Sharpton introduced the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. McAuliffe apologized to the congregation for the 2000 election and for not being in Florida to stop voting problems.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
I just sent in a report..
Thanks for the site, everytime I hear of it I will report it.
Especially here in western new york where they love to speak about politics at churches.
hillary, bill and the rest..
free dixie,sw
the media only cares if it's a conservative/eveagelical congregation. Clinto & Sharpton can do anything they want in a church
and Slick was talking about Republicans "bearing false witness." When did he learn the Ten Commandments??? He sure doesn't follow them!!!!
Apparently, in one of those "drive-through" churches that I keep hearing about but have never managed to find. In the pickup with the Astroturf in the bed.
Contrast this with Alan Keyes' speech I heard at Mountain Top Community Church in Birmingham yesterday. Contrast the cheap partisanship of these dems with Dr. Keyes who bases his message on scripture and addresses the so-called separation of church and state.
http://www.mountaintopchurch.com/audio/audio.htm (Aug 29th)
And we keep letting them get away with it. Why aren't conservative & GOP leaders not bringing lawsuits or filing complaints with the IRS?
Cause we choose not to be hypocrites about this. We dont like this law no matter who abuses it.
Purty, ain't he? Instead of rousing the rabble, Rev. Al should be making certain that the dumbed-down Dimwit electorate can figure out how to gain the skills required to properly mark a ballot.
The Democrats want everything both ways; they want their voters stupid, but would defend to the death their right to vote multiple times.
http://www.catholicleague.org/04press_releases/quarter3/040830_irs.htm
August 30, 2004
MIAMI CHURCH RUNS AFOUL OF IRS RULES
Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on what happened yesterday in one Miami church:
“Yesterday, Bishop Victor T. Curry of Miami’s New Birth Baptist Church welcomed Rev. Al Sharpton, who ran against Senator John Kerry for the Democratic nomination, and Terry McAuliffe, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Jamie Malernee of the Sun-Sentinel reported that Curry ‘made no apologies for turning his Sunday service into a political rally.’ Rev. Sharpton, speaking from the pulpit, added to the politicized atmosphere by shouting, ‘We’re not people who are going to be beat twice.’ But no one was more partisan than McAuliffe: ‘Bush has misled us for four years and will not mislead us for the next four years. Get out to vote and we’ll send Bush back to Texas.’ Consequently, the Catholic League will now ask the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of this church.
“In another interesting turn of events, former President Bill Clinton spoke yesterday at New York’s Riverside Church. ‘Politics and political involvement dictated by faith is not the exclusive province of the right wing,’ he said. This is a remarkable statement coming from a leader of the Democratic party. To be specific, John Kerry has said, ‘I can’t take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist….’ Thus does Kerry want to inoculate his religious views from his political positions. This is in sharp contrast to Bill Clinton’s plea that one’s politics should be dictated by one’s faith.
“By contrast, Rev. George Rutler celebrated a Mass yesterday in New York that was well attended by Catholics in town for the convention. In a lengthy sermon, which focused on humility and the poor, Rutler made a passing reference to the controversy over Catholic pro-abortion politicians, saying that ‘No one has a right to take Communion.’ Yet this was enough for an AP reporter to say that ‘church-state separation watchdogs’ have said that ‘Masses such as the one held Sunday amount to a tacit political endorsement.’
“Neither Clinton nor Rutler violated the IRS rules governing church and state. But McAuliffe crossed the line, hence the need to contact the IRS.”
please give this a catholic NYer convention ping
If he isn't talkin' about Jesus in a church, he's no reverend.
I'd like to know where sharpton and jesse preach on Sunday mornings.....BWAHA!
Did he fire up the church goers the way he fired up the guy who committed the "Freddie's Massacre" in Harlem?
He also had a cameo appearance at the MTV awards show, where he said that it was time for some MTV award to go to black people, using the standard line, "America is ready for a black recipient of this award." Then he quipped that he voted for Christina Aguilera to receive the award.
BTW, Kerry's daughters were booed big time by the working-class and middle-class youngsters. The limousine liberals next to the stage were cheering, while the back rows were booing the Democratic First Daughters.
It was a bizarre experience for the limousine liberals, since they are used to be surrounded by Democratic sycophants all the time. They forgot that many of these kids came from countries where commies and pinkos have decimated freedom and liberty, and therefore, they are not very fond of the party perceived as soft in communism, the Democratic Party.
I ran into kids from Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, etc, where either left-wing leaders or Marxist guerrillas forced their parents into exile.
Yet another pinko socialist sack of crap shamelessly practicing his double standard.
Man, if I could just snap my fingers and make these kinds of problems disappear...... -sigh-
The ACLU jumps right on the issue when a Priest speaks against ANY politician supporting abortion and partial birth abortion.
The threats of taking away tax exempt status are loud, clear and quick.
Yet an EX-president and a faux-Rev flaunt their partasinship from the pulpit without a word of condemnation.
Just as the Dums want to silence the (527) Swifties...but give a free pass to MoveOn and any 527 that helps THEIR cause.
Why isn't THAT pointed out by the MSM-whores?
I was thinking of writing Barry Lynn a letter asking his group to decry the Sharpton/McAuliffe even, and the Clinton church event in NYC. I'm sure he must be very concerned about the blatant violation of separation of church and state.
NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton rallied a church congregation in Harlem yesterday, and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, blanketed the Sunday political talk shows, reminding Republicans as they begin their convention that New York is not Republican territory.
Mr. Clinton took time out of the European leg of his worldwide book tour to return to the United States to speak at Riverside Church, where he quoted Scripture from the pulpit in dissecting President Bush's faith.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040830-123250-5313r.htm
In 1954, then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, D-Texas, sought political retribution against an opponent who was assisted in his campaign by two nonprofit organizations. LBJ pushed a little-known amendment that became law that barred tax-exempt groups -- including churches -- from participating in political activity. The penalty: loss of tax-exempt status.
Not only does this special power stifle the First Amendment rights of pastors and churches, but the IRS has been selective and biased in its enforcement.
The law is flawed, misplaced and a disaster.
The IRS often ignores political involvement by liberals and targets conservative churches and ministers like the Church at Pierce Creek in New York. This congregation's tax-exempt status was revoked after the pastor placed newspaper ads in 1992 calling attention to then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton's position on critical moral issues like abortion and sexual abstinence outside of marriage.
Religious leaders not only have a constitutional right to address the moral issues of the day -- many believe that they have a responsibility to do so, especially in the context of political campaigns.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/9529067.htm
..I'm getting very concerned if the republicans can muster enough to fight these criminals or not
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