US Catholic bishops
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Sun, 02/07/2010 - 11:00pm
Today the church bulletin included an insert from the US Catholic bishops urging parishoners to contact their congressional delegation and lobby them to pass both health care and global-warming (anti-carbon) legislation.
Barf.
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 1:55pm
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Are such things legal, given the tax-exempt status of churches?
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 8:17pm
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Not for profit laws allow for issue advocacy, but not direct support of a political candidate.
Quite evident from the recent defeat of homosexual "marriage."
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Was that in the bulletin of a protestant church, intended to show the parishioners how lucky they are?
Or was it in the bulletin of a Catholic church?
Kidding. Just kidding.
A few years ago, Farmington attorney (and judge of probate) Richard Morton wrote a letter to the editor of the Sun Journal about his dissatisfaction with his church's trend into politics. If memory serves, the money quote was -
"I don't attend church to learn how to vote."