trump needs the churches open so they can tell their sheep to vote for him.

[liberal N proud]

He needs these tax free political organizations pushing his platform from the pulpit.

Evangicals have stuck with him because they are told they a not Christian if they don't vote republican.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, part of Red Don's appeal is religious and there are too many spiritual leaders that are quiet..

... and allowing winger religious leaders to brand good causes.

Its horrible, people need to speak up and be aware.

[Hugin]

2. Bingo!

Yep.

[Ilsa]

3. They can do that online, even fundies know how to use technology.

They can't lose their tax status by getting political anymore.

[RussBLib]

5. well, they SHOULD lose it

and eventually, I believe, that will be restored. Might take a few years of Democrats in office to resurrect the line between state and church and penalize churches that get political.

[Mariana]

9. That law hasn't been enforced for years.

As it is, there have been Christian churches all over the country, regularly preaching that support for Trump is essentially a tenet of their Christian faith. The majority of Christian voters cast their ballots for Trump in 2016, and part of the reason is because so many Christian leaders told them that's what God wanted them to do.

I suspect what's worrying the preachers most right now, is that once people get out of the habit of dragging their asses to church every week, many of them will never come back even when it's safe to do so.

[Ilsa]

14. I've observed support for the Bushes, Trump, and

no mention of 42 or 44. Even if they aren't instructing parishioners how to vote, they frequently show definite favoritism.

[abqtommy]

4. Some churches. Some churches tell their sheep to vote for tRUMP... Not all, not by a long shot.

[Mariana]

10. It was enough that the majority of Christian voters went for Trump in 2016.

He can't win in 2020 unless he gets most of the Christians' votes again, and he and his people know it.

[abqtommy]

11. tRUMP didn't win the vote in 2016. He won the ratfucking... Let's keep it real...

[Mariana]

12. Hillary got the majority of votes.

Trump got the majority of the Christians' votes. Non-Christians voted overwhelmingly for Hillary. Let's keep it real.



https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/how-the-faithful-voted-a-preliminary-2016-analysis/

[abqtommy]

13. And yet the total of tRUMP voters has been and continues to be a minority. I stand by my

earlier comment that not all churches support tRUMP. I'm not concerned about tRUMP voters in a fair and secure election but I remain concerned about the ratfucking...

[SWBTATTReg]

6. And churches wonder why their numbers of their congregations keeps going down ... maybe this is

one of the many reasons why membership numbers for some churches are dropping? There are some really good, caring churches out there, I don't want to knock all of them, since some of them actually do good for the communities they are in. Even so far to allow their buildings to be used for voting locations.

[NCjack]

7. OK -- Donnie got the churches open. Which one did he

attend this morning? The Holy Golf Club and Ball Church?

[machoneman]

8. Ha! No church for you! Ya'know, those pastors also need the cash, lucre, haul, scheckels.....

...to keep things running like their jet aircraft, their main squeeze's hefty credit card bills, you name it.