Did I read that right? You handed your offering on the way out? Can I ask why?
To this point, our church has been very reasonable, non-political, and generally supportive of America; displaying the flag, singing "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", etc. on national holiday weekends, fundraisers for support of military families, etc. This is the first time I've heard a reference like this from one of our priests. And, as I say, he was oblique enough for people not following the Sheehan story to think it makes sense. I'm hoping it's a so-called isolated incident.
You also bring to mind another question: why do you think President Bush cotinues to belong to the UM church when they appear to be so politically left and serve as part of the religious arm as the democrat party. My father, BTW, also attends a UM church although he's pretty agnostic.