It's time to end the tax exempt status of politics from the pulpit

[Snake Plissken]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/05/creationist-ken-ham-vote-for-godly-candidates-not-for-policies-that-benefit-you/

A prominent creationist urges Christians to cast their ballots for candidates who agree with their interpretation of The Bible.

Ken Ham, president of Answers In Genesis and the Creation Museum, said in a recorded message that Christian voters must choose only those candidates who justify their actions using scripture.

“You see, we need leaders who are wise and knowledgeable, (and) how do we determine that?” Ham said. “Well, God’s word tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Do our leaders have a reverence for God and his word?”

Ham says Christian voters shouldn’t cast their ballots on self-interest, although presumably they would gain from selecting officials who support their religion-based worldview.

“We shouldn’t choose our leaders based on how their policies personally benefit us,” Ham said. “Our goal should be to elect leaders who’ll uphold the authority of God’s word so that our children’s hearts and minds are captured for God alone.”

[Curmudgeoness]

1. It is well past time.

And I will vote for Ken Ham being the first to lose tax-exempt status.

Too bad that there is no one with the guts to do this.

[KT2000]

2. A lot of this Obama is Satan

crap is coming from the churches. They are preaching a constant drumbeat of politics while they haul in the money. What politician is going to take them on?
From what I have seen, they are stirring up as much hate as Limbaugh and fox.

[el_bryanto]

3. The problem is how to you apply this law fairly

Either you take the tax exempt status away from all churches or you have to figure out some way to test whether a church or religious organization has crossed the line. Which might well be tough to do.

Bryant

[Snake Plissken]

4. It would be easy enough to setup a whistle blowers website

Everyone has smartphones these days capable of recording video, it might not catch all of them, but it certainly would catch the ones who have absolutely no regard for the law as is the case with people like Ken Ham and Rafael Cruz

[el_bryanto]

5. Do you believe they are breaking the law now? Or are you proposing a law that strips tax-exempt

status from churches where political positions are pushed?

Bryant

[Iggo]

6. Long past time.

[cali]

7. not going to happen. total and complete waste of time to try.