‘Intimidation’ of pastors at issue
Jeff Johnson reports on OneNewsNow:
Protecting pastors’ constitutionally protected right to preach on biblical issues related to politics is the motive behind one Christian law firm’s “Pulpit Initiative.”
For almost the first 180 years of American history, pastors routinely addressed political issues and candidates from the pulpit. “Until about 1954, churches were free to endorse or oppose particular candidates from the pulpit — and, in fact, churches did that,” says Erik Stanley with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). “Some pastors opposed Thomas Jefferson as being a deist. Other pastors opposed William Howard Taft as a Unitarian. Some pastors opposed Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election — and the list goes on and on.” . . .