This gesture has surely made a statement. Convert or get out. Lol.
There are empty pews in pretty much all of the Episcopal churches these days.
Why isn't this pastor backing God? After all, Bush is only human....
sign me up .. .. ..
I am sorry but that is just wrong. As much as I actually enjoy it, I think this minister has overstepped his boundaries. This is grounds for a review of tax-exempt status, no different that what we would call for when the inner-city baptist churches hold campaign rallies for dumocrats.
Baptists can't excommunicate. Not in their religion.
This is so illustrative of why I have a problem with "the religious right".
If this is all there is to the story- and this pastor booted out members of his congregation because they're not Bush supporters- shame on him- he's a disgrace.
Weird.
Will he start refining his requirements to include specific issues also? He will be down to a pretty small congregation if he keeps this up.
"The minister of a Haywood County Baptist church is telling members of his congregation that if they're Democrats, they either need to find another place of worship or support President Bush."
And the minister's going to need one heckuva tax attorney when this gets back to the IRS.
I really don't think GWB would appreciate this either. Not top mention it gives the left more fodder for their anti Christian dribble.
This is sure making great fodder for the anti-religionists.
It's so obvious that this pastor's actions condemns the whole of Christendom.
On that note, I think we should put all atheists on trial for the crimes of Stalin, Pol-pot. Mao Tse-dung, and Castro. Somebody get my hangin' rope!
At a Catholic Charities fund raiser I attended last night, I mentioned to a nun that I could not understand how any Catholic could vote for a Democrat (since they are the party of baby killers). She answered "that's only one issue", then went off about how many people Bush killed in Texas. I responded about innocent life vs. criminal punishment, and was about to point out that Texas law, not the Governor of Texas determines who is executed. But Mrs. JimRed grabbed me (probably would have strangled me, if she could) and declared politics an inappropriate topic.
With politics off the table, things get boring quickly!
Since when did we start jumping to conclusions based on what the AP is reporting?
THis is posted a bunch of times now.
There is one funny thing about the story. It is on TV, which suggests it is current. But if so, why does it talk about people being asked to VOTE for Bush? The election was months ago, and there are no more elections for Bush.
Something isn't right with this story....