I'm surprised. I guess the SBC prefers something a bit more latent, in regards to being blatantly politically biased.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/02/bush.churches.reut/index.html
But you can thank the Bush Administration for accomplishing something that not even his father could do: make religion a completely political experience. In fact, my former religion became so political that I grew to hate it. I'm starting to think that it's time to take good old James Madison's advice on this subject:
"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together."
I'm concerned, really, that religion and politics have become so intertwined for personal gain that both are now irrecoverably corrupt.
Melon
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/02/bush.churches.reut/index.html
In a move sharply criticized both by religious leaders and civil libertarians, the Bush-Cheney campaign has issued a guide listing about two-dozen "duties" and a series of deadlines for organizing support among conservative church congregations.
A copy of the guide obtained by Reuters directs religious volunteers to send church directories to state campaign committees, identify new churches that can be organized by the Bush campaign and talk to clergy members about holding voter registration drives.
The document, distributed to campaign coordinators across the country earlier this year, also recommends that volunteers distribute voter guides in church and use Sunday service programs for get-out-the-vote drives.
"We expect this election to be potentially as close as 2000, so every vote counts and it's important to reach out to every single supporter of President Bush," campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
But the Rev. Richard Land, who deals with ethics and religious liberty issues for the Southern Baptist Convention, a key Bush constituency, said he was "appalled."
"First of all, I would not want my church directories being used that way," he told Reuters in an interview, predicting failure for the Bush plan.
But you can thank the Bush Administration for accomplishing something that not even his father could do: make religion a completely political experience. In fact, my former religion became so political that I grew to hate it. I'm starting to think that it's time to take good old James Madison's advice on this subject:
"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together."
I'm concerned, really, that religion and politics have become so intertwined for personal gain that both are now irrecoverably corrupt.
Melon