Via Boston.com.

The pastor of a Baptist church has kicked out members of the church because they did not support President Bush.

Pastor Chan Chandler had told the congregation before last year’s presidential election that anyone who planned to vote for Democratic Sen. John Kerry should either leave the church or repent, said Lorene Sutton, who said she and her husband were voted out of the church this week.

Is God a Republican or a Democrat? This is a hot topic with me. I’m a fervent believer in the separation of church and state and I just don’t have one ounce of respect for any religion that uses the bible to promote hate.

As North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek stated, the pastor, “jeopardized his church’s tax-free status by openly supporting a candidate for president.”

When is the hammer going to drop on this issue? Religious organizations are only provided with a tax exempt status if they do not endorse a political candidate. There’s going to be a point when the political lobbying of the religious right converges with the separation of church and state. I’m guessing we have yet to see the full and complete reach of the church’s vengeance.

And Moses said, “Thou shall not vote Democrat”.
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