[gdani]

“Liberals are big on separation of church and state, so where’s the outcry from the ACLU, the Rev. Barry Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State), and others about this obvious violation?

The Establishment Clause -- as well as the rest of the Bill of Rights -- is meant to check govt power. There is no govt involvement in any aspect of this controversy so I fail to see what it is a violation of.

[Abe Froman]

That is true----there should be no violation. However, my predominately white northern-european baptist church would risk losing their tax-exempt status if they so blatantly pandered to and promoted a political candidate such as, for instance, Pat Buchanan. Did this Methodist church lose theirs??? Doubtful.

Churches should be free not only to promote their faith and ideology, but also those people who share it and would take those ideals into office. However, missaplication of the tax-exemption rules allow those in power to harass churches that promote candidates they disagree with while ignoring others.

[Marysecretary]

SHH.WE all know that, but the government doesn't. I think people are upset because we KNOW what the left would say and do if it was someone on the right doing the same thing. Patterson has said he didn't have a problem with church and state but that others do and he wants to see it balanced out, not one sided. The democrats just keep thinking they can get away with stuff like that, and they DO! It's time to stop them.