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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to jimmy anderson <=-   
      
    ja>  IJ> I understand if a church wasn't to feed people and what not.  They ne   
    ja>  IJ> to stay the eph out of politics.   
    ja>   
    ja>  AT> It's an abuse of power, and they do it constantly.   
    ja>   
    ja> I must have missed the original content...   
    ja>   
    ja> What does this mean exactly?   
      
    AT> I was agreeing with Joe that churches need to stay out of politics. In   
    AT> my case it's the Catholic church. They get a large group of us together   
    AT> for mass, and they con us into praying for illegal immigrants.   
      
    AT> This is in addition to them taking our donations and spending some of   
    AT> the money on attorneys for illegal immigrants.   
      
   Though I don't agree with that specific practice, I don't think disallowing   
   it is the answer.    
      
   I'm a protestant - our church has to have a concensus on how money is   
   spent. Do you have any input?    
      
      
      
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