[Happy2BMe]

And hom many dozens and dozens of times during the height of the 2004 election campaign did we see John Kerry and Kompany bellowing their liberal sermons from pulpits all over this nation

[LauraleeBraswell]

I had no idea this was illegal?!

[LauraleeBraswell]

I'm outraged that this was even against the law. The audacity. Thank God for this bill.

[Happy2BMe]

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE PULPIT - ping

[Happy2BMe]

HR235

Call now - Ask Congress to return Freedom of Speech to America's churches by passing the language in HR 235.

• Speaker of the House - Dennis Hastert: (202) 225-0600
• House Majority Leader - Tom Delay: (202) 225-4000
• Ways and Means Chairman - Bill Thomas: (202) 225-3625

[goldstategop]

Its sermons from conservative denominations the Left wants folks to shut up about.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[arepublicifyoucankeepit]

Thanks for posting. This is a good time to call our representatives and urge them to support this bill.

[LibertarianInExile]

This bill is an ACLU dream come true.

If this passes, churches will have rights that other charities don't. The result will be declared discrimination against secular institutions like the Sierra Club and other charities with political axes to grind and a chance to get tax-deductible donations. The Johnson amendment is discrimination against religious organizations, but that doesn't count in today's Supreme Court. Today's Supreme Court, when it gets there, will overturn the law and make ALL charitable institutions able to speak on politics. And the ACLU will cash their reimbursement check to fund more leftist lawsuits. If you thought the left had a free pass before, wait until they get this through.

The objective should be to remove entirely ANY restrictions on freedom of speech by charities and religion, or to force the executive to enforce the laws as written on EVERYONE. Instead, here there is a dumbass political component that will get the law tossed so the Supremes can wipe their dirty hands with the Constitution again.

[Onelifetogive]

If this passes, I predict an uptick in church attendance:

The Church of MoveOn.org
The Church of the Sierra Club
The Church of the DU
The Church of NARAL

[Navydog]

The current restrictions on the Freedom of speech in churches was inserted into the IRS tax code in 1954 by none other than Senator Lyndon Johnson. It the time it was probably a good idea. Communist infiltration of the churches was a known fact. Now days it's a matter of leveling the playing field.