North Texas pastors defend support of McCain from pulpit

[rainbow4321]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/093008dnmetreligion.168e314.html

Three North Texas pastors have courted trouble with the Internal Revenue Service by talking presidential politics from the pulpit.

The Rev. Stephen Broden of Fair Park Bible Fellowship in Dallas and the Rev. David Whitington of Christ Our King Church in Southlake confirmed in phone interviews Monday that they endorsed Republican John McCain during Sunday sermons. They did so as part of a Christian legal group's "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" campaign.

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"What I did is consistent with the freedoms that are guaranteed me under the Constitution," Mr. Broden said. "Second, I'm being consistent with my call as a minister and a prophetic voice in the culture."

"I want all preachers, pastors, priests, whatever, to be able to say what they think God is saying about the cultural issues, without harassment," he said. Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed complaints with the IRS about six pastors who were part of Sunday's action.

[1corona4u]

1. Time to tax the fuckers.

[rainbow4321]

3. LOL...look at the comment section:

"Good for them, it's about time the government got their hands on some of that tithe money".

[tblue]

5. A-fucking Men!

[Colobo]

11. There you go!

[1corona4u]

21. LOL, there I go--what? Making sense?

[msallied]

2. Sure, they have freedom of speech. Now they just have to pay taxes like the rest of us.

[Bubbha Jo]

4. Let all of them talk politics from the pulpit

We could use the tax revenue :9

[tblue]

7. Heck, that could pay for the bailout!

[1corona4u]

8. BINGO...

and I am saving all of these, because when president Obama takes over, I think it's HIGH TIME churches start paying taxes!! We need to push this!

[davidinalameda]

6. freedom of speech and religion are guaranteed under the Constitution

being tax exempt isn't

[kestrel91316]

9. AMEN.

[BlueIdaho]

10. I support their freedom of speech

And I welcome their participation in all aspects of America's democracy - including paying taxes.

[tridim]

12. Making a stink about this now would be a distraction

Which is probably exactly what these pastors want.

Tax their asses after Obama wins.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Tax them coming and going

[RagAss]

14. Kiss that tax break goodbye motherfuckers !

[soccermomforobama]

15. not shocking. . .

Southlake is not the most diverse city in Texas. I am not saying this is to be ugly, but the truth is it is not shocking that a "pastor" in Southlake does not endorse Obama. Instead they endorse a man who cheated on his first wife and gambles. . .

[tblue]

16. a man who cheated on his first wife and gambles

and, psssssst, is white and Republican. That's all McCain ever had to be. The bar is so low.

[soccermomforobama]

18. . . .

. . .and married to a woman with money. Being white and having $$ is the rule in Southlake.

[tblue]

19. True. I stand corrected.

[Cha]

17. They should be ashamed supporting let

alone endorsing from the pulpit..liars and stupid warmongers.

Do they condone lying in their church? They may as well 'cause that's what they're endorsing.

[WatchWhatISay]

20. Dallas is such a nasty piece of work

All sanctimony and hypocrisy. Responsible for producing some of the worst Congressman we have, for example, Jeb Hensarling and Pete Sessions. It has always had a reputation for snobbery.

[chupacabranation]

22. What God is saying? What GOD is saying?

I hear what God is saying, and clearly, you're not listening. He's calling you a f*cking moron.

[TlalocW]

23. Yeah, he wants "all preachers, pastors, priests" to say what they think God wants

About cultural issues, etc. Ten to one, these guys will change their tune if liberal churches started doing what they're doing.

Here's the great thing about this - they suck at their timing. Say this heads to the courts and goes all the way to the Supremes. By the time it gets there, we're going to be into the first, possibly the second, Obama/Biden term, with a good chance of his replacing a couple of justices by then.

TlalocW

[HughMoran]

24. Preachers for backstabbing Jesus

What kind of filthy rotten preacher would endorse an evil anti-Christian Republican - makes no sense at all to me.