Americans United for Separation of Church and State Threatens 60,000 Pastors

(LifeNews.com) - A pro-abortion group is sending letters to 60,000 churches in an attempt to intimidate them in the upcoming elections. 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." Keep Reading RELATED STORIES