NC Church tells Democrats to leave

[mac2]

"http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/050705Z.shtml"

This minister and his church have violated the rights of some of his members. He has also violated tax exempt status.

Bush is driving ministers to force their members to support him with his religious money and agenda. It could result in religious wars down the road. Faith Based money (tax dollars from tax payers of all religious faiths) is being used in a discriminatory way with only certain favored religious groups getting it.

What happened to everyone is welcome in God's house?

This extremism has lead to loss of members of the various churches around the country. They are closing their doors. Will Faith Based money keep them going? Our tax dollars used against our freedom to believe in any politician party we desire? This is a message to force people of religion to belong to only one party...Republican Party.

Now...this is religious tyranny.

[Joey Liberal]

1. We are no longer a free country

We have become a right wing theocracy. Now we know how the Jews felt in Nazi Germany.

[DemBones DemBones]

2. OK, this IS religious tyranny. I'll usually defend anyone's religious

rights strongly, even if I totally disagree with their theology, but this minister is out of line to do this, assuming Truth Out had the facts straight.

His church should lose its tax exempt status immediately and that may impact the Southern Baptist Conference, too.

[mojogeorgo]

3. Keeping track of this issue...

...and other, here
http://religiousleft.blogspot.com/

[TMA68]

4. Blessing in disguise?

Is it possible that this is really a blessing in disguise? Think of how "extremist" this makes the Bush-worshipping Religious Right look in the eyes of people in general and moderate swing voters in particular?

Since the Democratic Party "leadership" (or what is laughingly called that) continues to demonstrate an embarrassing lack of political backbone when it comes to challenging Bush on either the Iraq war or the ongoing assault on the Bill of Rights, it would seem that the only thing that will even come close to threatening the Republican Party's current monopoly over the federal government are unwitting acts of political self-destruction.

So to all you Republican Party hacks posing as "pastors" and "religious leaders" out in Jeezus Land who are thinking of following "Pastor" Chan Chandler's example, as your divine leader himself once said: "Bring it on!" :-)

Todd