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Arkansas Church's Partisan Politicking
« Thread started on: Jul 26th, 2004, 02:58am »
Arkansas Church's Partisan Politicking Needs Irs Investigation, Says AU Wednesday July 21, 2004
Baptist Pastor Promotes Bush In Nationally Televised Sunday Sermon
An Arkansas church that intervened in partisan politics on behalf of President George W. Bush should be investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Americans United says the July 4 sermon by Pastor Ronnie Floyd at the First Baptist Church of Springdale, Ark., crossed the line into inappropriate partisan politicking.
"Pastor Floyd's presentation seemed more like a Bush campaign commercial than a church service," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. "His sermon was clearly intervention in the campaign on behalf of Bush."
In a July 20 letter to the IRS, Lynn argued that Floyd's sermon, which was posted in video format on the church's website and broadcast nationwide via television, was clearly intended to motivate voters to support Bush by portraying him in a positive light while disparaging Democratic contender John F. Kerry.
Floyd's bias in favor of Bush was evident throughout the sermon. He projected large pictures of the two candidates on a screen and described Bush as a committed Christian who lets his religious beliefs influence his policy decisions while characterizing Kerry as keeping his faith private. He also twisted their stands on key social issues to make Bush more appealing to the evangelical Christian audience......
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