Politicizing Churches : Full Court Press
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Thu Sep 28, 2006 at 07:42:17 PM EST
At the 2006 Voter Values Summit last weekend, I listened as US Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe called Global Warming a UN conspiracy, and a hoax, and then urged conference goers to join the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance and bring the issue to their churches - even petition their church's  parent affiliations. Meanwhile, in a concurrent breakout session, Paul Weyrich protege Connie Marshner was advocating a (quite possibly illegal) plan for activists in attendance to purloin church directories, for fake polling, to better target '06 GOTV efforts ( Rob Boston, writing for Americans United, describes the incident ). But today, as described in an Interfaith Alliance press release, James Inhofe has upped the ante with his submission of S. 3957:
Inhofe's bill, S. 3957, would amend the IRS Code to allow houses of worship to endorse candidates from the pulpit and engage in partisan political activity without harming their tax-exempt status

A full court GOP press, to lock in theocratic legislation in anticipation of possible '06 Democratic Party gains, appears to be underway.


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Talk about ignoring what they claim to respect! (none / 0)
What happened to the first amendment?  

They fuss and raise hell about freedom of religion, and then pull stunts like this!

If only the mass media would place these things before the public- I think that every conservative who supports this nonsense would be thrown out before they could say "vote".

But then- there was an article today in the paper about since the price of gas has gone down, the people are starting to be more friendly towards the republican party.

Maybe people are stupid- but I would hope not!

by ArchaeoBob on Thu Sep 28, 2006 at 08:10:58 PM EST


Not a new idea (none / 0)
This bill, or alternate versions of it, has been popping up for sometime now. Of course, that doesn't mean they won't finally push it through one of these days.

by John McKay on Fri Sep 29, 2006 at 11:53:01 PM EST
Well sure.... (none / 0)
That's typical of Christian right tactics : take a stance that's initially viewed as extreme, and keep pushing it.... for years if necessary.

Eventually, such persistence can pay off.

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