Blackwell encourages Ohio churches to break the law

[im10ashus]

I am fully aware Blackwell embraces the kind of far-right, vaguely theocratic values that the churches like, but these ministries are being used.

HARTVILLE, Ohio — Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell told conservative religious leaders yesterday not to be deterred from political participation by a federal complaint filed by 31 Columbus-area pastors.

"You tell those 31 bullies that you aren’t about to be whupped," said Blackwell, the secretary of state, who said that "political and social and cultural forces are trying to run God out of the public square."

Blackwell was the only candidate for governor invited to address 450 pastors and Christian conservatives at a luncheon north of Canton sponsored by the Ohio Restoration Project two days after it and several allied religious entities were accused of illegally engaging in partisan politics.

Blackwell and the Rev. Russell Johnson, pastor of Fairfield Christian Church and chairman of Ohio Restoration Project, denied allegations in the complaint filed Monday by the 31 ministers who said they were acting individually and not on behalf of their churches encompassing nine denominations.

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http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/01/18/20060118-A1-02.html

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Call the IRS on all of them

If they get a church for preaching against war and for peace and using the Bible than they can get these churches who are violating the law. :mad:

[im10ashus]

3. It's American politics as usual.

The churches are fully vested in our electoral process now. Time to make them pay taxes! :-)

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Hartville! That's just a few miles from me!

No wonder it was so cold yesterday!

[tanyev]

4. Cause the whuppen those 31 bullies would give you is NOTHING

compared to the whuppen Blackwell and his Republican goons will give you! Submit, or else!