Fun with Church & State

This started out in the blogs, but it was later picked up by the news. East Waynesville Baptist Church recently terminated the membership of nine members over their political views. You can see the details here, but essentially the church's pastor said back in October that anyone who intended to vote for John Kerry should leave the church, and the whole thing came to a head this week. When the Democrat church members wouldn't leave voluntarily, apparently, they were shown the door. To make sure that he's not misunderstood, however, the pastor has stated that his actions are not political.

Although a number of people are up in arms over this, I can see the pastor's point. This is a spiritual, not a political, matter. As we learned on "Justice Sunday" a couple of weeks ago, the Democrats are using the filibuster as a weapon against people of faith. If you're a person of faith, as the pastor and his congregation undoubtedly are, you don't want to have to worship in the midst of your enemies. If you're sitting, praying in the pew, do you want the minions of Satan sitting next to you? Of course not! Democrats should learn to stay among their own kind.