And Then Jesus Said, Vote for Bush, or Rot in Hell!

Pastor Chan Chandler of the East Waynesville Baptist Church apparently confuses devotion to the GOP with devotion to GOD. During the presidential election last fall, the preacher told his congregation that members who planned to vote for John Kerry should either repent or find themselves a new church, the AP reported. And he wasnt kidding. Nine members who didnt support Bush were voted out of his 400-member church last Monday.

Hes the kind of pastor who says do it my way or get out, Selma Morris, the former church secretary, told the AP. Hes real negative all the time. Just like Jesus.

Jerry Meek, head of the North Carolina Democratic Party, said that Chandler risks losing his churchs tax-free status by openly supporting a presidential candidate. If these reports are true, he said, this minister is not only acting extremely inappropriately by injecting partisan politics into a house of worship, but he is also potentially breaking the law.

Partisan politics? In a house of worship? Noooo!

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