Praise The Lord, And Vote For Huckabee!
A 1954 law forbids [in-church] partisan political activity that aims to help, or hurt, candidates for public office. Such behavior would put a church’s tax-exempt status in jeopardy.
From The Associated Press:
“Huckabee, who has a tiny campaign and a shoestring budget, has a network of supporters independent of his campaign who are spreading the word through their churches.”
If Mike Huckabee has such blatant disregard for law, (which appears to be a growing theme), then how can he be allowed to serve as president of the United States? (I know… think Bush!)
Huckabee Counts on Pastors for Iowa Help
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist preacher, is depending on more than a leap of faith to win the Iowa caucuses.
Leading in polls, Huckabee is determined to make up for his skimpy organization in the state by enlisting national evangelical Christian supporters to rev up Iowa pastors and coax voters to the Jan. 3 caucuses.
Word of mouth in churches and among Christian groups can be a powerful force in Iowa politics. Christian believers make up the core of Huckabee’s support in the state, said Rick Scarborough, a well-known Texas preacher who has endorsed the former Arkansas governor, though he adds that “it’s not his only constituency.”
Scarborough heads Vision America, one of several groups trying to help Huckabee. The groups - some overtly religious, some not - are using a variety of tactics, all independent of Huckabee’s campaign:
- Automated phone calls to recruit volunteers.
- Voter registration drives.
- Informal e-mails and chats in church foyers and pews.
Dan Gilgoff, of USA Today, states… unfortunately:
“David Barton, an evangelical activist who was hired by the Republican National Committee to reach thousands of pastors in the 2004 campaign, says he hasn’t heard of a single church losing its tax-exempt status in his nearly 20 years of political activism. If he hasn’t, who has?”
Well isn’t that just great.
