Saturday, November 22, 2008

This is what Churches should NOT be doing


The Obamas are in Washington. And before they can pee in their new bathroom or bathrooms, the Churches attack!

But not in a Hellfire way, but in a "pick me, pick me" way.

Amy Butler, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, made a pitch to the Obamas by saying, We're diverse and multigenerational, we're 10 blocks from White House.
Here's more foolishness:
Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ sent a letter to the Obama campaign several months ago inviting the family to worship with them.

"We thought we'd better get something out there," said the Rev. Rich Smith, senior minister of Westmoreland. "It seemed like it would be worth a shot anyway."

Bishop John School, who heads the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, sent Obama a list of local United Methodist churches. The United Church of Christ, the denomination of Obama's former church, United Trinity Church of Christ, is in the running, too. UCC General Minister and President John Thomas dropped Obama a note three days after the election "offering the hospitality of our congregations in Washington as places of nurture, sanctuary and encouragement."

Gary Scott Smith, author of "Faith and the Presidency" and a history professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, said, "I can't recall another situation where there is this kind of interest before the president even takes office in terms of where he is going to go to church, and churches campaigning for his attendance. This is unique in American political history."

This just doesn't seem right. It's like they're campaigning for his attention. It's like they are lobbying for the High School star player. Seriously, this isn't a game. Let the Obamas do this on their own. Hearing about these churches acting like horny school girls is a little bit frightening.

And I hope they know that Obama learned his lesson from Rev. Wright, so they shouldn't try to slip a mickey in Obama's grape juice on the first Sunday. And they shouldn't try to influence him in any way. They need to be a church and that's it.

Separation of Church and State, y'all.

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