Posting this in GD because it's as much about the 2014 elections, as it is about religion

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The Religious Right Empire Strikes Back: Fundamentalists Target Churches For 2014 Elections
Source:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Wall of Separation
by Simon Brown
Mar 14, 2013

We’re just a few months removed from the 2012 elections, and the Religious Right is already hard at work trying to lure churches into partisan politics for the 2014 elections.

This week, Mat Staver’s Liberty Counsel, which is affiliated with Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Liberty University, said it is gearing up to help fundamentalists take “dominion” over the United States and make us a “Christian nation.”

In a news release on its website, Liberty Counsel said it is merging with the Florida Faith and Works Coalition. That’s pretty scary, because the Faith and Works Coalition says on its website that “historically, America was established as a Christian nation and its policies were based on biblical principles. The guardian of those biblical principles has always been His church. And His church, in recent history, has passively abdicated its guardianship responsibility.”

That paints a pretty clear picture of the organization’s intent, which was reaffirmed in a statement from Art Ally, founder and head of the Faith & Works Coalition.

https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/the-religious-right-empire-strikes-back-fundamentalists-target-churches-for

The article further states:

David Brody, of Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network, reported recently that the American Renewal Project plans to target 12 swing states ahead of the 2014 election, with the goal of “organizing pastor briefings and voter registration drives across the country… It’s the latest attempt to restore America to its Judeo-Christian Heritage.” (emphasis added)

Eternal vigilance, my friends, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

[gateley]

1. Yep -- no separation between Church and State. This is where this belongs -- thanks!!

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4. That's what I thought too.

This is about gearing up for 2014.

[Freddie]

2. Tax any church that tells its members how to vote

I know from private discussions that my pastor (Lutheran) is very liberal politically. However he is very careful to never discuss politics in the pulpit or attempt to suggest how people should vote.

[redqueen]

3. Agreed.

It's long past time to start addressing this mixing of politics and religion. Taxing churches that advocate for political parties is a good start.

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5. Yes. It's loooong past time to get serious about this.

Perhaps too long...