Eleven months out of the year, the parishioners of New York City can safely attend Sunday services with no reasonable fear of interlopers, television cameras or quizzical members of the press.
But this is the electoral playoff season of October, when aspiring statesmen show up on doorsteps more often than jack-o’-lanterns. That means politicians are descending on the pews.
By noon on Sunday, three churches along a single two-mile stretch of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, had played host to three of New York State’s more prominent elected officials: the state’s attorney general and comptroller, both of whom are running for statewide office, and the mayor of New York City.
Coincidence? In campaigns, there may be no such thing.
“The church’s pastor, the Rev. Clinton M. Miller, quickly encouraged congregants to vote for Mr. Cuomo.”
Partisan politics in the pulpit, but somehow I doubt this will prove to be a problem for either this pastor or this politician. Wrong party for it.
A question I have is, should TV cameras be allowed inside of the church when the purpose is clearly to promote a person as opposed to God? (AKA to follow politicians around or other purposes)
NO.