Separation of Church & State: Evangelicals Just Don’t Get It

Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright didn’t shy away from preaching politics.  Now the Democrats are incorporating elements of various religions into their convention.  The Pew Research Center says a majority of Americans don’t like it.

“Politics and religion should not be combined,” voter Jessica Fitzpatrick says.

Just over half say they don’t want politicians talking about God and they don’t want pastors talking about candidates and political issues.

“If he’s telling me I should go and vote against it just because the Bible says or the Church says, then I don’t think he should do that,” voter Natalie Young says.

The pastor of Spirit One Christian Center in Wichita disagrees.  Mark Holick has been arrested at gay rights rallies and the IRS threatened to pull his church’s tax exempt status for allegedly getting too involved in partisan politics.

“The separation of church and state is found nowhere in the constitution,” Holick says.

Holick says his church takes stands on candidates and issues because the constitution allows it and the Bible demands it.

“Proverbs 29 and Proverbs 14 (say), ‘when the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.  When the wicked rule, people mourn.’  We have a responsibility as Christians to vote Christians into office,” Holick says.

Read more of this at kansascw.com.