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Originally posted by matthew330
"IMO if a church uses it's pulpit to preach politics then it should have to lose it's tax exemption and pay taxes. I believe a church's duty is to provide hope, sanctuary and help others not dictate political views."
I don't go to church much - but i've never been to one that did this. The church doesn't dictate what becomes political. When political and church realms overlap, you can be sure politics is the one that ventured over.
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What about the Catholic Church threatening to deny (or maybe they did deny, I'm not clear on
how that played out) Holy Communion to those lawmaker's whose voting record did not parallel church doctrin? That was fairly recent. I'd say that's a
huge example of religion becoming political. Also another reason to start taxing the Catholic Church.