I thought we had a separation of church and state in the United States. Apparently, some ministers overlooked that memo.
This past Sunday, Christian ministers across the country took the laws into their own hands by telling their congregations to vote for John McCain.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, at least 33 ministers knew they were breaking the federal tax law but chose to do so anyway in protest.
“As Christians it’s clear we should vote for John McCain,” said Rev. Fran Pulto of Calvary Chapel in Philadelphia in a Wall Street Journal. “He is the only candidate I believe a Christian can vote for.”
For these pastors, pushing conservative social values like anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage were worth the IRS investigation.
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