re: #251 Daniel Ballard

Maybe at home out of uniform it’s clearly personal.

I don’t see how you properly separate personal from official at the pulpit. Or on church grounds.

That’s official, the fact that a pastor might want to personally say something that’s officially prohibited means he’s officially subjecting the church to taxation. If he’s paid by the church then he’s got a fiduciary duty to his employer to protect their status.

In all those hundreds of thousands of instances at all those places of worship. As I said it’s a mess. What of a Jewish temple and international politics. They then lose the exemption?

Again, “it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.” That’s an incredibly narrow prohibition no matter how much you try to expand on it. The only things they can’t do is endorse or oppose legislation or candidates.