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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (51029)	10/10/2008 1:26:20 PM
From: cirrus	Respond to of 224741

While I can't speak for him, I'm not sure God appreciates houses dedicated to his name being used to advance political agendas. The answer is no. I don't approve of any candidates making speeches in Churches. Was Bush ever invited? Do Republican ever speak to Church groups? I'm sure they do. Here in my town our voting place is in a Church basement. As long as it's non-partisan I'd call it civic action and say OK. Politicians of all stripes have campaign rallys a Church affiliated universities. I don't really see an issue there. I'm not a nut case. We can't draw an absolute line, but what I object to is Catholic Bishops telling Catholics that it's a sin to vote for a particular candidate by name. (I'm Catholic, by the way...) The same for Rev. Wright and Jerry Falwell. Churches need to address social issues... but I'm not keen on them crossing the line and overtly seeking to gain political power by endorsing particular candidates. Issues are one thing - individuals are another.