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What are you even talking about? Are you a Democrat? Why do you even vote when you are absolutely ignorant of your party let alone the political history of the USA. MLK ever ring a bell in your head about the history of Civil Rights in the USA given you want to imply gay marriage is linked to that? MLK was reared Republican but switched over to the Democrats after the Kennedy's got him out of jail. He had a PH.D. but it wasn't in law or physics for gender studies. It was in theology. He was a pastor. The Black Church has always been the seat of political power in the Black-American community. Always.
James T. Meeks: Salem Baptist Church of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois - Famous PastorsFamous Pastors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton
Are you going to stop Reverend Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and all the many Protestant Democratic pastors from ending their off-handed endorsements of US Politicians and the Democratic Party in their churches? No. And I mean: NO.
That law only applies to Catholics and the American Catholic Church. Period. The US Catholic Church is the only one to actually attempt to follow US Federal law.
Anyways... "No taxation without representation. Some conservative Catholics for years--decades actually--have been speculating maybe it is time for the US Catholic Church to give up its tax exempt status so it can officially endorse candidates.
In terms of holding political office Pope John Paul II made it clear no Catholic Priest is to hold a secular political office. A Priest or Bishop did campaign and get elected somewhere in Latin America a decade or so back, if I remember correctly, but he got approval from the Pope in Rome with the condition he was removed from the priesthood. Something like that. My memory is vague on it.
I mean if... you're Bill Clinton or any Democratic Politician if you get in trouble you run to the Protestant Church to rehabilitate your image. Or you just show up to the Black Church which has always been a strong political power in the Democratic Party since the end of the 1960s.
Might want to tread lightly there kid,
First of all I am an Independent voter might want to look that up .
Cause every-time I criticize the Democrats I automatically become a Republican
When I criticize the Republican some party line walker looking to score points calls me a Democrat.
Sorry to bust your bubble but you are mistaken.
I marched for Civil rights in Flint Michigan and other cities.
I noticed of all the people you mentioned you didn't mention Medgar Evans a great man shot down in his driveway at the begining of the Civil rights movement.
As far as some Church involvement in politics I will admit to that.
However as we all know anything done in excess will to often lead to problems .
Example, I n 1961 there were some outsourcing of American jobs and some imports coming in nobody thought anything about it.
Today there are more outsourcing of American jobs , today there are more imports and America is 15 trillion in debt and owe the Chinese 1.5 billion.
So if the Churches move on politics in excess WELL???eace