I Agree With a Liberal Church

The world can be a very odd place, at times. For once, I find myself agreeing with a liberal church.

I heard about All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena in CA yesterday. Every report I've been able to find so far says the pastor delivered a sermon on the eve of the 2004 election which was "critical of the Iraq war and Bush's tax cuts," but indicates the pastor did not endorse a particular candidate or advise church members against voting for a particular candidate.

If this is true, then this pastor, while probably wrong in his theology, was acting within the bounds of tax laws for non profits.

Contrary to what secularists would have us believe, churches CAN address moral issues during an election; whether they address them Biblically is irrelevant to the law.

This church in Pasadena would be one of the extremely rare instances where a liberal church was threatened and harassed (most of us are familiar with Je$$ie Jack$on's fundraising and conservative candidate-bashing he does in liberal black churches), but if it's true as presented in the media, then for once I stand with a liberal church.

Churches should not be intimidated by the IRS when they are operating within the law, regardless of whether their theology is correct.