Bill to allow churches but not non-profits get involved in elections

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Allowing churches but not all non-profits is unconstitutional.

moot point though, this won't pass. It's just religious right pandering. It's been proposed many times before, and always gets shot down.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If you want an even dumber example of a hilariously hypocritical unconstitutional bill, there was one in the Virginia House that would allow congregations to vote on whether to seperate their church from the main denomination. If they did so, they would gain all the assetts such as the church building with no compensation to the main denomination. This was obviously aimed at the Episocopal church and some people in it whining about more gay-friendly policies.

The bill is a load of crap on so many levels:

1-It's blatantly unconstitutional. It creates a new restriction on churches that allows their property to be seized without compensation and prohibits them from doing anything about it.
2-It violates exactly what religious right folks say the 1st amendment means about religion, protecting churches from government interference. This does exactly that, as explained above. It's not just conservative churches that are protected you know.
3-What's the point? If you don't like what your church is doing, go get a new one. If you're too homophobic to remain an Episcopalian, there's bound to be some fundie denomination in agreement with your views. That's what freedom of religion is all about.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It was also introduced and voted down in the 107th I think. It's just a lobbyist pandering bill, not intended to pass. Both sides do it all the time.

Anyone realize the giant loophole this would create if it did anyway? All the Sierra Club would have to do is declare itself a church and start calling itself The Church of the Sierra Club or something and it'd have the same status.