“Yet posting the person’s name or the context in which you heard that a majority of the church’s members voted for Obama will get you in trouble?”
Yes. It was a private conversation and my superior was there.
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“What kind of trouble, pray tell?”
Maybe fired. I can’t take that chance, as insignificant as it might be - I have a family.
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“Maybe you should think about retracting your claim. You’re posting hearsay and innuendo. Period.”
I will not retract ONE THING. I HEARD what I HEARD!
"Nope. They had a majority of their members vote for Obama."
"I can’t say who told me, but the person would FOR SURE know."
"They might not have exact numbers, but they can know which way the church is leaning."
"I am relating this because I know it to be true and it partially explains why they would sponsor Michelle."
"Suite yourself. It’s 100% true.
"I will not retract ONE THING. I HEARD what I HEARD!"
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As I have been telling you for several days, you are posting hearsay and innuendo.
Since you would not listen to reason, I contacted the church with the following message:
I post frequently at the Free Republic website, where members discuss politics from a conservative perspective. Your church has been in the news there recently regarding the event with First Lady Michelle Obama, and one of the posters there has been claiming that he has first-hand information "from someone in a position to know" at your church that a majority of your church's members voted for President Obama in the last election. Of course I don't believe the person has this "inside information" and have told him that there is no way for a church to gather that kind of information from its members.
Would someone with the authority to address this issue please send me a comment so I may settle this difference of opinion? It is such an odd claim and the poster is so insistent that the only way to either refute or verify his claim is to go directly to an attributable source.
May The Lord richly bless your work.
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I received the following reply from Cynda Douglas at North Point Ministries:
THAT is totally false information. We have no way of knowing how people voted and we don't want to know. We have never spoken in political tones, and never will. We strategically stay neutral and focused on our Mission, "To Lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ."
Anyone that says that is wrong and doesn't even know us.
Thanks for checking the facts.
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I told you the following:
"No one at that church can tell you who the majority of its members voted for in the last presidential election. Anyone who claims to be able to do that is lying...No person at any church, including the pastor or any staff member, would know how the members of a church voted in an election. The notion is absurd."
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The next time you start making claims I suggest you have your ducks in a row. You have spread a falsehood ("They had a majority of their members vote for Obama") after being warned repeatedly that you were doing so. You are refuted.
Now stop repeating the lie.