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> AFAIK, the difference would pretty much be that they actually have (pretty loose) limits on what they can spend money on, and on endorsing electoral candidate
by ThePadawan 6y ago
> AFAIK, the difference would pretty much be that they actually have (pretty loose) limits on what they can spend money on, and on endorsing electoral candidates - and they'd have to publish information about their finances.
I'm not from the US, so I 100% expect those things from churches already. These sound like completely reasonable demands I would have on any public institution.
- lazyasciiart 6y agoTheoretically churches are already legally forbidden to endorse candidates but in practice this is effectively bypassed with the fiction that priests/pastors/etc can say they are sharing their personal opinion, not an official church position. https://ffrf.org/outreach/item/14005-churches-and-political-lobbying-activities https://ffrf.org/outreach/item/14005-churches-and-political-...