Rabbis and pastors are citizens, too. Why should they alone be muzzled from expressing their opinion, even from the pulpit?
Regardless, my colleagues should stop flaunting their political muscles. Doing so gets us and our churches into hazardous territory.
Sure, definitions of marriage, life and death in the public sphere have moral and religious nuances. But diving into politics also brings bargaining, trade-offs and compromises, which are a part of politics. What we gain politically, we will lose morally.
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