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guillaumeb

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Mon Nov 18, 2019, 06:48 PM Nov 2019

Americans to religious organizations: Stay out of politics

From the article:

As Americans gear up for a long and bitterly contentious presidential election year, their message to religious leaders and institutions couldn’t be clearer: Keep out.
That’s the finding in the latest Pew Research poll, which found that 63% of Americans say churches and other houses of worship should stay out of politics, and 76% said religious congregations should not make political endorsements.


To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2019/11/15/americans-to-religious-organizations-stay-out-of-politics/

There is a legal line between any person voting their beliefs and a 501(c)3 organization publicly endorsing political candidates, and in my view, any churches or other 501(c)3 organizations that violate the law should be prosecuted.
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Americans to religious organizations: Stay out of politics (Original Post) guillaumeb Nov 2019 OP
Amen! Karadeniz Nov 2019 #1
Agreed. eom guillaumeb Nov 2019 #2
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