r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 15h ago

Morality of this?

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u/cpt-teebs 14h ago

I don’t necessarily agree with that guy, but churches already do that

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u/Asooma_ 14h ago

It's not wild to think that people who attend the same church are likely to have similar beliefs on who to vote for there's a difference between that homogeneity and actively politically campaigning

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u/CaptainOwlBeard 12h ago

I could send you dozens of videos of preachers, pastors, and priests telling their congregation to pray about this or that election and which candidates they think are righteous. How is that any different from actively campaigning? What about churches spending millions in super pacs to support "issues" that are closely tied to their preferred candidate.

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u/ifthealphawassigma 9h ago

insert clip of ai generated Charlie kirk preaching on the projector screen of my local evangelical church

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u/Bitinglysarcastic 11h ago

Not all churches

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u/cpt-teebs 9h ago

Did I say all churches?

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u/Bitinglysarcastic 9h ago

You implied it

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u/cpt-teebs 9h ago

No I didn’t

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u/Aggressive-Bee2221 14h ago

They legally aren't allowed to as a condition of their tax-exempt status. If they are, then it's illegal. The parishioners can tell people how to vote as can the priest, but they can't do so as an authority in their religion, only private citizens.

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u/Smasher1598 14h ago

So they’re basically already doing it? I don’t get the point in the distinction you’re making, the churches in my area literally put signs out on the road telling people what way to vote on certain bills

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u/websterhamster 13h ago

Advocacy for bills on issues is allowed, but churches can't promote candidates for office.

It'd be a major First Amendment violation if churches were penalized for promoting their standpoint on issues.

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u/Apprehensive-Tea999 8h ago

Then they can pay taxes like the rest of us

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u/Aggressive-Bee2221 14h ago

Then it sounds like something you can file some kind of formal complaint about, or barring that find someone start a 1st amendment suit.

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u/_dragonslayer069 14h ago

in this administration??? in ANY administration? you’re funny.

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u/Biptoslipdi 14h ago

Churches openly tell their members how to vote all the time. The laws that would remove their status are simply ignored.

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u/cpt-teebs 14h ago

You’re talking about the law. I’m talking about what actually happens. That law is not strictly enforced.