With churches holding voter registration drives, with pastors talking about the importance of pro-life and religious issues in the election and with churches allowing pro-lifers to distribute literature based on their First Amendment rights, the threats could adversely effect pro-life election efforts.
Mathew Staver, chairman of the Liberty Counsel, a pro-life legal group, talked about the letters.
“In
a national mass mailing, the left-wing organization Americans United
for Separation of Church and State (AU) has advised the leadership of
60,000 targeted churches across the nation not to become involved in
“partisan politicking,” he said. “Their true goal, unwritten but hidden
between the lines: To SILENCE the truth from being spoken in American
pulpits and to MUZZLE people of faith on the vital issues that will be
decided in the 2012 elections.”“AU sent a letter to churches just weeks before the 2012 national elections, which I believe is the most pivotal in our generation and among the most critical in our nation’s history,” he added.
Liberty Counsel is fighting back and has sent about 25,000 churches its “Silence is Not an Option” Action Pack informing them of their legal rights this election. More are on the way.
