Democrats warn Catholic Church against denying them communion | Politics News | The Christian Post
So. Who is it that gets to determine what is political and what is a matter of faith? The First Amendment guarantees religious liberty, which includes determining who, and who is not a member in right standing of your church. Freedom of association also guarantees that right. (KESchaal)
As U.S. Catholic bishops draft a controversial document on whether priests can deny communion to politicians who support abortion, one House Democrat has implied that the Catholic Church should lose its tax-exempt status if churches institute such a ban.“If they’re going to politically weaponize religion by ‘rebuking’ Democrats who support women’s reproductive choice, then a ‘rebuke’ of their tax-exempt status may be in order,” wrote Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., in a Twitter post lashing out at Catholic bishops.
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