Posted by
Casper on Monday, September 29, 2008 11:25:57 AM
In a move to prompt the IRS to sue over a 1954 ban that prohibits tax exempt organizations of worship from endorsing or interfering in any political campaign, 33 pastors across the nation orchestrated a movement from their pulpits to challenge the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama.
The role of the church is to lead their congregation down the path of righteousness. Their sole aim is to teach and guide Christians young and old on how to live their lives not on how they should vote. For the sake of clarity let me also add that these pastors oppose Barack Obama because of his stance on gay rights and abortion. So they want to educate their church members on where the candidates stand relative to the teachings of the bible.
The point that I want to make however, is this. How is this any different than what the Reverend Jeremiah Wright or Father Pfleger do in their churches each and every Sunday? Anti-Republican vitriol is spoken from the pulpit of black churches all across this country, from sea to shining sea. They incite their members by telling them that George Bush wants them and their babies to starve. That the Republicans want to turn them into second class citizens again by taking away their rights as American citizens. They claim, as Whoopi Goldberg does that John McCain wants to return them to slavery because he wants to appoint judges that are strict constitutionalists. All of this could not be further from the truth but the IRS does nothing to challenge the rights of black (democrat) preachers to spout their political lies and half-truths.
The IRS has yet to decide what action to take. They will watch the events and decide accordingly. The point must be made that the freedom of speech belongs to all Americans, not just those who want to vote for Obama.