Church violates separation of church and state

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13. Awwww Jeez, not this shit again

The rule: Issue advocacy is okay; candidate endorsement is not.

Here's why issue advocacy is okay: Because practically anything a church says or does could be interpreted as "issue" advocacy by someone. Feed the hungry? You're depriving quickie marts their free market right to gouge the starving $5 for a frozen burrito! House the homeless? You're depriving slumlords their inviolable right to warehouse people in substandard apartments and then threaten them with eviction if they have the temerity to complain. Join a campaign for a living wage? You're trying to bankrupt corporations whose business model relies on cheap or free labor!

And each of these issues has a biblical foundation, which churches take more or less seriously depending on the makeup of their congregation. It's not possible to separate the motivations of random do-gooding with folks following their reading of the Bible.