Not sure if this has been posted Pastor resigns after political spat

[Geek_Girl]

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WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- A Baptist preacher accused of ousting nine congregants who refused to support President Bush resigned Tuesday.

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Sorry if this is a duplicate.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. woo hoo!

he did the right thing in the end.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[katinmn]

2. Good to hear. The community did the right thing.

[mopaul]

3. hot damn!

tonight i'll say a little prayer against him

[Maddy McCall]

4. I knew it was coming.

He stepped over a line that even Southern Baptists won't tolerate.

My father is a deacon in a Southern Baptist Church (and before DUers become all judgmental, his church has black members and black elders), and he was disgusted by this. Dad said that if this had happened in his church, the deacons would have met THAT night and sent the pastor on his way.

What's even better is that this pastor's career in church work is OVER. No one will hire him. Maybe Bush can make a position for him in his staff, since he likes to reward suck-ups.

[anitar1]

19. This man is not a "pastor

he is the spawn of
Satan. Their satan , of course. I hope his church work is over , but I doubt it , very much. He will be their new poster boy.Many of his fellow pastors feel the same, I am sure. I know the Southern Baptists very well. Evil folks.

[ultraist]

5. Good!

Maybe this will serve as a warning to other churches to follow the law or risk losing their tax exempt status.

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Chandler's resignation came a day after a national group that lobbies for church-state separation urged the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the tax-exempt status of the East Waynesville Baptist Church.

IRS rules bar clear-cut politicking by tax-exempt groups. Last October, days before Bush won a second term, the IRS said it was investigating about 60 charities and other tax-exempt groups -- about a third of them churches -- for potentially breaking rules that bar them from participating in political activity.

The outcome of those investigations is not known. The IRS is barred from naming the organizations it investigates or announcing case results.

[Wheezy]

6. yup, it's a duplicate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Maddy McCall]

8. Nah, it's not. That is posted in LBN.

This is Gen Discussion.

[Wheezy]

13. Whoopsie.

Sorry, still learning the ropes. Thanks Maddy.

[Maddy McCall]

14. Welcome to DU

Should have said that in my first reply to ya.

Don't sweat it...when there are really sensational topics, you'll see 20 threads started on the topic in 30 minutes. It can get REALLY annoying.

[Wheezy]

18. Thanks!

I thought I knew what I was doing, but I think for now I'll just stay over here in the wings and learn.

[jojo54]

7. I just saw this on MSNBC.com

Hurray! The freaking fundies CAN'T have their way all the time.

This is a big load dumped on the religious right. Serves 'em right!

[pearl]

9. Wow

Self Righteous Bastid.

[Yellow_Dog]

He's OUT!

Story in Asheville Citizen-Times.
Story

[Democrats_win]

10. How pathetic! He didn't even apologize.

[snowbear]

11. Awesome!

Thanks for posting the info ... I hope that no other church in the nation EVER hires him!!

[Hardrada]

12. ANNOUNCEMENT: (WP) A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUSH

Administration has said in a press release that the Reverend Chan Chandler has been appointed Assistant Secretary of Education. This appointment follows a minor controversy in the pastor's North Carolina congregation but the President feels Reverend Chandler has been exonerated of all charges against him. The nomination is expected to receive no serious congressional challenge acccording to Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut).

[Maddy McCall]

15. LOL

[rebel_yell]

16. good good

yea, southern baptists are pretty far right, but it's good to see that even they won't tolerate this

[paineinthearse]

17. First I've read this

See? What goes around comes around.

He's probably off to join ghe Westboro church now.

Edit: There is an earlier post in LBN.