“Minnesota House member favors church electioneering”

Americans United for Separation of Church and State, The Wall of Separation Blog: “Bachmann called for Congress to repeal the federal law that prevents all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including houses of worship, from endorsing or opposing candidates . . . ‘Most Americans who go to church expect to hear about salvation, morality and scripture. They don’t anticipate hardball political endorsements,’ said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn in an article he wrote for U.S. News and World Report in November 2008. (The essay was in response to the Alliance Defense Fund’s ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday,’ which urged pastors to break the law and endorse candidates from the pulpit.)”

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