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No complaints from the Lefties for this one:

Openly gay bishop endorses Obama

August 2, 2007
CONCORD, N.H. — The Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president on Thursday, even though they don’t share the same views on issues critical to gays and lesbians.

And no complaints from the Lefties for this one:

Obama, UCC Draw IRS Complaint
By Jeffrey Lord
Published 9/7/2007 12:08:08 AM
A June 23 appearance by Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama at the General Synod of the United Church of Christ is now the subject of a formal complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service on August 2.

The complaint alleges the UCC “violated every single point outlined in the IRS guidelines,” in sponsoring the Illinois Senator’s appearance at the church’s bi-annual national gathering, which this year was held in the Hartford Civic Center in the Connecticut capital. It charges:

* “The United Church of Christ selectively provided the convention facilities for Sen. Obama to speak in support of his campaign.”

* “The United Church of Christ and Sen. Obama referenced his candidacy before and during the speech.”

* “Clear and deliberate campaign activity occurred in connection with the [sic] Sen. Obama’s attendance and speech.”

Specifically the complaint references guidelines that an individual addressing the church does so “only in a non-candidate capacity,” that the individual makes no “mention of his or her candidacy or the election,” and that “no campaign activity occurs in connection with the candidate’s attendance.” The complaint also cites a guideline that prohibits a church from mentioning an individual’s political candidacy or the upcoming election in “the communications announcing the candidate’s attendance at the event.” Both a video and a transcript of Obama’s speech are available on the UCC website and apparently will be present throughout the election.

"I personally endorsed"
Different than saying that the University endorses.

"My father strongly supported Governor Huckabee...would have endorsed Governor Huckabee without hesitation."
Dead men can't vote or endorse - unless they are in Chicago.

"The alert was accompanied by an article from a university-run online publication implying that Huckabee is God's candidate."
Once again, God supporting a candidate is not the same as Liberty U. supporting a candidate.

I don't see the problem here.

"He graciously accepted. I was so impressed with the Governor's
sincerity and his positions on the issues that are important to
conservative Christians that I personally endorsed Governor
Huckabee before he left Lynchburg."

A personal endorsement, announced at a private university
convocation.
As usual, it sounds like The Left are "Creationists", creating
a crime where there is none.

Falwell could have made it clearer, just as James Dobson does
when he always gives the notification that his comments on political
matters are being done by him as a private individual, not as
head of Focus On The Family.

And this was at a private University, not a church.
Unless the "convocation" was held in a university chapel,
The Left is really trying a boostrap of these charges.
There may be some nuance of the law that does impact Falwell
in this case...perhaps he needs to form a political action group
like Dobson did.

And I say this as somebody who is not a Huckabee fan.