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October 11, 2004 A Question I Need Answered How do we reconcile nonprofit political campaigning prohibition and the re-occurring events of this presidental election? Particularly, this past Sunday. Is there some state legal loophole I'm missing? And why are stranger politicians allowed to "play the church circuit" every four years, but shepherding and long-term pastors are not permitted to publically endorse a candidate before their congregation? Just wondering. Comments Posted by: bmvaughn at October 12, 2004 07:28 PM I might add, my googling monkey found: Posted by: bmvaughn at October 12, 2004 07:29 PM UGH. Please tell me it's not that easy. Doesn't nearly calling Kerry the messiah qualify as an endorsement? Guess not. Thanks for the insight Brendan. I just don't think I'm smart enough to "get" these things. Posted by: Ambra Nykol at October 13, 2004 12:20 PM |
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 "...playful philosophizing" Dan Leroy, National Review Online
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Ambra,
Non-profits can't give "moral or financial support to specific political candidates." As is the trend in our post McCain-Feingold society, this was an issue not of endorsing John Kerry, but rather of allowing John Kerry to denounce George W. Bush. Unfortunately, the loophole exists by where they could claim: "Oh, we weren't endorsing John F., we were just saying how bad GW is. In fact, we could have just as easily been endorsing Ralphie."
Catch my drift?