I’m constantly amazed at the sense of entitlement that US christians maintain. As they oscillate between attitudes of the abused minority and unrecognized majority – positions that they can can embrace equally when convenient with absolutely no sense of the irony involved – they manage to use both as reasons that they are entitled to special treatment.
Now they have decided that it’s time to fight back against the oppressive rule that churches cannot endorse a candidate. I’m just amazed that they can’t conceive of the problem this creates. It’s very simple; if you enter into an agreement with the government that you shouldn’t have to pay taxes then you cannot take sides in elections. I’m no genius when it comes to understanding civics and government but it’s pretty easy to understand why this is a bad idea.
But the larger issue is, once again, the separation of church and state. I know I harp on this a lot but why can’t these idiots understand that as soon as they invite the government into their churches that will be the beginning of the end of that church as they’ve known it. It might take a few years or it might take generations but anytime state power gets mixed up with organized religion bad things happen to everyone involved: the state, the religion, and most importantly the citizens.