This church mission is covert: election-year Gay Marriage amendment politicking from the pulpit

Kansas City (Missouri) Star - you must be registered, but it is free. ^ | Wed, Jun. 30, 2004 | JOHN A. DVORAK

[rface]

...about 100 volunteers will be attending services in Johnson County

good to see another 100 people attending Church.

I'll have to do a little looking into what "the Mainstream Coalition" is. and I bet it's anything but mainstream

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

We need to go after the KCStar.

[concerned about politics]

Homosexual dysfunctionals want marriage so they can adopt other peoples children. They need them as sex toys. Ask the NAMBLA "couples" how they feel about it.
For the right price, you could buy a little human sex toy for life.

[JOAT]

Interesting how the politicians fear churches speaking out. They know in their guts that what they do is wrong and they instinctively try to silence anyone pointing out their voting records.

Churches need to stop the fearful cringing and start speaking out against what is wrong in society. Throw the tax-exept status out and start doing what christians have been called to do.

The problem is American churches like their pretty edifices too much to actually minster and rebuke. We'll get to answer for that too.

[CSM]

We batter ban the Dems from speaking at churches. A favorite pastime of theirs!

[concerned about politics]

PS...Homosexuals will always be seen as an abomination. Theyb can't force people to "think" otherwise. There's nothing "gay" about eating other peoples feces and rotting from the inside out while still alive.
Imagine being eaten alive by one of Gods smallest creatures - by "choice". Do they have a death wish, or what?
They must really hate themselves!

[alkaloid2]

Mainstream Coalition is anything but, you are correct.

http://www.mainstreamcoalition.org/

Pro gun control
Pro abortion
Anti relgious symbol display - hmm, the rest of the first amendment reads, "or prevent the free exercise thereof". Guess that doesn't apply here for some wacky reason.

Crazy lefties that try to appear "mainstream".

tSG
http://www.thesupergenius.com

[ijcr]

Coming to a pew near you.

[zerosix]

My strong advice is to join. Give them a couple of bucks and get on their mailing list. It's a real eye-opener, i.e. their original "seed" money came from the Democrat Party (no surprise there); they back pro-abotion, pro-gay, pro-big tax, pro-big government candidates.

When running as a Republican precinct candidate, the LameStream crowd sent out post cards suggesting that I (their opposition candidate)was "dangerous" and did not represent true Republican values. They also suggested that if elected, candidates not supported by them would work to subvert the Kansas Constitution.

[Always Right]

I'll have to do a little looking into what "the Mainstream Coalition" is. and I bet it's anything but mainstream

They are mainstream if you believe in gun control, hate crimes, banning all mention of God in schools, making religious displays illegal on all government property.

[trebb]

,i>Mainstream Coalition volunteers, like all visitors, are welcome at First Family, Johnston said. The church, he said, will not endorse or attack individual politicians during services. “Are we going to violate the law? Of course not,” he said. “We're not rabid, crazy fanatics.”

...all the while, wiping flecks of foam from his lips and glancing about with wild, reddened eyes...

[concerned about politics]

Instead, about 100 volunteers will be attending services in Johnson County to look for overt election-year politicking from the pulpit, which could violate federal law.

What about Democrats campaigning in black churches? Who's monitoring them? Hello? Hello?

The minister should preach about the damnation of homosexuals, but leave out any talk of who to vote for.
Stick to the facts about the deadly lifestyle and their various forms of death through out world history.
There's nothing wrong with informing the masses about Biblical truths and wisdoms. That what Churches are for. It's their job to teach.

[zerosix]

Every citizen in America is entitled to the rights granted by the First Amendment, except, that is, a Pastor of a church that preaches from the bible.

[Lost Highway]

It is not that the church is getting into politics but that politics is getting into the church.

[17th Miss Regt]

Removing the tax exemption from a church is a very much a two-edged sword. It will certainly hurt the receipts in the offering plate, but the church is then free to speak on all sorts of issues. The assumption is that the donations will dry up if they are not tax-deductible. On the other hand, if a church is freed to speak loudly about political issues, the membership may increase offsetting receipt losses from loss of tax deductibility.

[bad company]

I've been working on them. Maybe we should coordinate.
I've taken a few of their writers to task (Lewis Diguid) but they never seem to print my letters.

[concerned about politics]

It is not that the church is getting into politics but that politics is getting into the church.

Yep. Many have let the God of liberalism, Satan himself, through the front doors. They're now paying the price with their eternal souls.

[Mercat]

Mainstream coalition is a bunch of lefties and rinos. In Kansas, people decided it was hard to be elected as a Democrats and so we have lots of rinos. The MC's main goal is for more babies to be killed but separation of church and state is their second goal. Ironically, they hang out at the Village Prespertarian Church or at least one of the main charter members was the pastor there. Of course, what he is doing is for the good of humanity and isn't political. Unfortunately, they have the support of Steve Rose who owns and publishes the only real newspaper in Johnson County. He's the biggest Rino of the bunch... although he will probably endorse GWB.... he also, sadly, is a Dennis Moore supporter.

[MEGoody]

"Instead, about 100 volunteers will be attending services in Johnson County to look for overt election-year politicking from the pulpit, which could violate federal law."

I'm sure these are the same type of people who don't raise an eyebrow when Al Gore holds a fundraiser at a Buddhist Temple, or when Democratic candidates speak from the pulpit of black churches.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Oh, great. This is just like these hypocrites. It's the looney religious left that combines religion and politics. How many conservative candidates have you seen addressing church congregations. WE see the Dumbocrats all the time at church services, especially black churches.