Interfaith Group

needs to remain intact. And the ACLU needs to keep at it.

I know it's become fashionable in certain liberal circles to start calling for churches who wade into politics to start paying taxes. But the truth is, if they do, if that really comes to pass, that will LEGITIMIZE church participation in the political process. Right now, they don't have a leg to stand on legally when they do endorse candidates or policies from the pulpit. But you give them skin in the game so to speak by paying taxes, then they become the BIGGEST voices in the community. Forget about one person/one vote and all being treated equally. The church's vote then becomes, often, the biggest vote/voice in the community. And what they want is what the voting/election results will show.

That simply won't do. I won't live in such a place. Ever.

Most of these bills are coming out of the ALEC factory. We really must find an effective strategy for dealing with ALEC at a national level. But so far, I don' t see anyone in the liberal legal tradition willing to take them on. Sigh.