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April 27, 2005
Politics in the Church
An old episode of Faith Under Fire (think Hardball meets God) argued the case of churches being able to promote politicians. Currently IRS regulations for non-profits don't allow this and on the surface, it seems reasonable, kinda. The debaters on both sides had good points.
The final volley came after the talk about spies sitting in the church and reporting back to the IRS. The guy that though they should be able to politic asked if the church could encourage pray for a candidate based a set standard for the church, such as being pro-life. Could the leaders ask the parishioners to pray that that the pro-life candidate would be elected. The opponent responded that this could, and should be seen as endorsing a particular candidate and is considered illegal.
That, however, is what decided it for me, and the debate finished with just what I was thinking..."...the government is now engaged in the business [of] really telling the church how they can and cannot pray. And that's a real problem."
Indeed it is, church and state separation is indeed a slippery slope.
Posted by Jesse at April 27, 2005 9:47 PM
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Goodness, the Gov't shouldn't be in the business telling any place of worship who they can pray to or not.
Sheesh.
Folks have a right to pray for whomever they want, just as much as I have a right *not* to pray.
Posted by: Allyson M Dyar at April 27, 2005 11:42 PM