I was asked by a well-known organization to notify local pastors that voter guides were available for the upcoming election and began calling pastors. A common answer I got was that they didn’t tell their people how to vote. The voter guides don’t tell you how to vote, they merely tell you what the candidate’s position is on various issues, so the real question is why they don’t want to do it. Is it fear that the government would harass them, is it fear that their people will not want them to, or is it merely because they don’t feel the church should influence society by encouraging their members to exercise their right to vote. The guides don’t tell you how to vote, so it isn’t endorsing any candidate so the government has no legitimate objection. The unions and other organizations freely distribute lists of who they want their members to vote for and the government doesn’t object. Churches are no different than other organizations, other than the fact that their position is not politically correct. It differs from the beliefs of those who are in power. When the government denies churches their first Amendment rights, solely because they are Christian, then we have a very serious problem. Churches should be teaching Christian values and Christians will want representatives that will uphold Christian moral values, and there is nothing wrong with distributing information on the candidate’s positions on issues, it is public information. Pastors should want their members to be informed so they can vote responsibly. Many pastors have been cowered into silence by liberal lies about the separation of church and State. The Constitution forbids the government from prohibiting the free exercise of religion and then follows with prohibiting it from restricting the freedom of speech. There is no exemption clause allowing the government to restrict the freedom of speech of pastors or churches. That is a fabrication of liberal politicians who believe they are not bound by the Constitution or federal law and can make their own laws. It is time the church stands up for its God-given rights or it will lose them altogether.