Group files complaint against church over Bachmann appearance

[Oreo]

This is another story in the long saga of the crazed religious fundamentalist Michelle Bachmann and her fight to bring the rapture to downtown Stillwater.

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/749053.html

WASHINGTON — A watchdog group filed a complaint with the IRS Tuesday against a Minnesota church, claiming the pastor violated the church's tax-exempt status by endorsing GOP congressional candidate Michele Bachmann Saturday night.

An official from the church, Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park, said Tuesday that the pastor "misunderstood IRS guidelines" and promised it wouldn't happen again. But the Washington watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, said it would not rescind the complaint.

Bachmann, who is running against Democrat Patty Wetterling in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, told parishioners at the church on Saturday that God had called on her to run for Congress, according to a video of her appearance posted on YouTube by "Dump Bachmann Blog." She also said that God is now specifically focused on her race.

When he introduced Bachmann, Pastor Mac Hammond said that the church could not endorse any candidate.
"But I can tell you, personally, that I'm going to vote for Michele Bachmann," he said to laughter and cheering, "because I've come to know her, what she stands for, and I want her to share her testimony with you tonight."

[thunder35]

1. I think we need to send some protesters over to this church in MN

[Gman]

2. The "Gee, we won't do it again" excuse doesn't cut it in this one

the damage is already done. What doesn't he understand about S-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N O-F C-H-U-R-C-H A-N-D S-T-A-T-E?? The first S or the first E or the P or the first A or the R...

[Donnachaidh]

3. can you spell TAX THE POLITICAL PASTOR?

Let's start taking the deficit out of thier hides. Bring back that little thing called humility.

[Pastiche423]

4. When God speaks

to these people, I wonder what he sounds like? James Earl Jones, maybe?

I also wonder if they can see him as well.

[Anakin Skywalker]

9. Yes. They See Him in Bush.

[depakid]

5. Bachmann is a truly sick human being

Which says ALOT about the church. Whatever it is it's NOT Christian- and I think the pastor's pretty clearly a liar.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Let me get this straight. The architect of the entire universe is

specifically focused on Minnesota's 6th district?

And he wants people there to vote a particular way? Why doesn't he just make them?

Personally, I think God wants a Democratic tsunami in November. We'll see who's right.

[LTR]

8. Reminds me of an old Dire Straits song

"Industrial Disease", for this great line:

"Two men say they're Jesus. One of them must be wrong".

The reason for the analogy is the sheer amount of people claiming to speak for the Almighty. Republicans claim He supports them. Radical Muslims claim He supports them. And many others claim exclusive endorsement. Who's right here? I say nobody.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. There's a protest singer

he's singing a protest song.

;-)

[Thor_MN]

7. Tax the Televangelist.

It shouldn't happen again because they shouldn't ever get their tax exempt status back. Then they can push whatever neocon agenda they want along with their requests for your money.

[struggle4progress]

10. LWCC: It's a TV show! And a magazine! And shopping opportunities!

You too can own a videotape! Act now!

http://shop.machammond.org/

[Thor_MN]

11. This McTelevangelist sounds like Mushmouth to me...

He overaccentuates his "B" plosives, making me think of the ubbi dubbi that Mushmouth, the Bill Cosby character spoke. "Ubi wubant uball yubour mubonubey uband fubor yubou tubo vubote fubor thube hubomubophubobe Bubachmuban."