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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: JeffA who wrote (44742)5/6/2005 4:42:18 PM
From: cirrus  Read Replies (3) of 173976
 
John Kerry, and by implication all Catholics who support him, are within an inch of excommunication because their secular views differ from official church doctrine. You do recall that during the 2004 campaign various Catholic bishops made harsh statements against Kerry, stated that they would deny him communion and told their followers that it was a "sin" to vote for Kerry? I sometimes suspect that the Church does not excommunicate us only because they value our financial contributions.

Churches have the right to keep or expel anyone they want, but I start to wonder if churches that meddle in politics by overtly linking public policy and church doctrine - and taking public action against public figures that don't push the church agenda - should continue to enjoy tax exemptions.

IMHO, various churches are blurring the line between religion and politics, not just in the one incident mentioned by AS.

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