but it was about as easy as predicting that the sun will rise tomorrow.
Pro-life bishop threatened with IRS probe.
Barry Lynn says,
"Bishop Sheridan's letter is code language that says, 'Re-elect Bush and vote Republican,'" charged the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. "Everyone knows Bush and Kerry differ on the issue of abortion. Sheridan is using a form of religious blackmail to steer votes toward the GOP. The IRS should look into this immediately."
Back in 2000, I heard a Unitarian Universalist sermon where the pastor exhorted his congregation to vote to preserve abortion rights. That seems like code language just as sure as the Catholic bishop's words, except with one major difference: the bishop is just clarifying who may receive communion, while the UU minister was literally telling people how to vote. Of course, Barry Lynn will never criticize the UUA for its abortion code-language, but he should. His silence just proves that Americans United for the Separation of Church and State is just another brownshirt, pro-abortion outfit.
Of course any time a Christian opens his or her mouth to suggest anything pertaining to religion or morality in the public square, the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (and people like Michael Newdow) will be there to suppress them. They seem to think the First Amendment is a statement limiting the rights of citizens rather than the powers of the state. They're wrong -- the First Amendment is a limitation of the powers of the state, as shown by its opening "Congress shall make no law..." The First Amendment does not take away the rights of Christians, or anyone else for that matter, to speak their views.