I turn on CNN for the latest on the stupidity and instead hear a little report about preachers who are demanding to be allowed to stump for politicians from the pulpit. The Alliance Defense Fund is calling it Pulpit Freedom Sunday. They are organising preachers everywhere to preach politics in direct violation of the laws separating church and state and providing churches with tax exempt status.
The opposing forces are Americans United and Project Fair Play.
Now, I think that a preacher can say whatever he or she wants to say. Go for it! But be ready to lose your tax exempt status. It’s that simple. You want to be a political church? Great, you are violating one of the main tenets of US Democracy and you will no longer retain your status as a non profit religious entity.
State matters such as politics and religious matters should NOT cross. Separation of church and state is in place to stave off theocracy. Theocracy like Iraq and all the other middle east countries. Theocracy like England was when this country was set up. Theocracy that will cram religion down the throats of all citizens – and it will be the hyper Christians that do the cramming.
So, go ahead and preach your politics. You’ll be reported and you’ll lose your tax exempt status. It doesn’t bother me one little bit.