New Bill To Restrict First Ammendment Rights?

Found this at the American Center For Law And Justice (got there by following a link from Stop The ACLU.)

It seems that the new speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is trying to ge a bill passed which would require some churches to register as grass roots lobbiests. Why? Because some pasters speak about moral issues and try to get their congragations to take an active role about said issues.

In addition to teaching from the Bible, isn't that part of a paster's job? To lead thier congragation, to lead hem down the right path (at least as they see it.)

More importantly, this is a violation of not only freedom of speach, but also freedom of religion. By placing restrictions on what a paster can and cannot say, the bill would violate the first ammendment.

I think a paragraph near the end of the article says it best.

Nancy Pelosi’s proposed legislation would have stopped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from gathering support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In fact, as he addressed the social issues from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA, he might well have had to register as a lobbyist.

If there are any good Christians, or even fans of the first ammendment, out there who think that the Dems taking control is a good idea, now might be a good time to rethink that.