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Has anyone ever actually seen this happen? I feel like this is some boogeyman worry floating around the internet. I grew up in the south and have been in diffe
by brightball 3y ago
Has anyone ever actually seen this happen? I feel like this is some boogeyman worry floating around the internet.
I grew up in the south and have been in different churches for most of my life. Outside of supporting soldiers and an occasional American flag in church I’ve only seen a preacher get political once in my entire life. Even that was roundabout too.
- reaperman 3y ago> Has anyone ever actually seen this happen? Yep. Anti-Trump Example #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtrxQyf4XrM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtrxQyf4XrM Anti-Trump Example #2 (church leader was correctly fired for this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h098Z6g6pCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h098Z6g6pCE Anti-Democrat Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1AlrvZr95k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1AlrvZr95k (Threatens to exile people who vote Democrat from the church) Anti-Biden/Harris Example: https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-greg-locke-says-biden-demon-possessed-insists-trump-legitimate-president-1604528 https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-greg-locke-says-biden-demon-... Pro-Trump/Pence Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d24BfefW8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d24BfefW8M Local politics example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAcHN-dqpSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAcHN-dqpSc I picked a variety for illustrative purposes. But there's a bit more to the stories: https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/29320-ffrf-sues-trump-over-church-politicking https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/29320-ffrf-sues-tru... This type of "using the official church to endorse/condemn specific candidates and parties" happens all the time, and isn't limited to national politics.
- brightball 3y agoApparently I'm in the wrong churches (or the right ones).