Comments on: So do you want church/state separation or not? http://www.steelcityskeptics.net/2008/09/14/so-do-you-want-churchstate-separation-or-not/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:56:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mikhailovich http://www.steelcityskeptics.net/2008/09/14/so-do-you-want-churchstate-separation-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-204 mikhailovich Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:59:58 +0000 http://www.steelcityskeptics.net/?p=163#comment-204 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has actually been covering this issue with astounding (if not eloquent) clarity. Read up: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08271/915490-192.stm The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has actually been covering this issue with astounding (if not eloquent) clarity. Read up: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08271/915490-192.stm

]]> By: Brandon http://www.steelcityskeptics.net/2008/09/14/so-do-you-want-churchstate-separation-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Brandon Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:28:04 +0000 http://www.steelcityskeptics.net/?p=163#comment-136 I’m torn over this issue. In a perfect world Churches wouldn’t be tax exempt and this would be moot. I don’t want pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit, but I know they’re going to do it anyway (and face no government penalties for it). And, I would like other non-profit organizations to be able to endorse candidates because they’re opinions do matter to me. I don’t think individual pastors endorsements matter in national elections, but they could make or break local elections. The idea of a mega-church pastor endorsing a pro-ID school board candidate is scary because it would most certainly work. I’m torn over this issue. In a perfect world Churches wouldn’t be tax exempt and this would be moot. I don’t want pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit, but I know they’re going to do it anyway (and face no government penalties for it). And, I would like other non-profit organizations to be able to endorse candidates because they’re opinions do matter to me.

I don’t think individual pastors endorsements matter in national elections, but they could make or break local elections. The idea of a mega-church pastor endorsing a pro-ID school board candidate is scary because it would most certainly work.

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