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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

In Minnesota

Posted by Renee
In MN, A Legislator Insults and Threatens a Parish Priest over Marriage Vote
Actually, “Tyler” has his laws wrong. Tax exempt (501c3) organizations can spend up to 10% of their annual budget on “lobbying” and the Church never needs permission to speak up on moral issues (such as marriage and family). But it gets worse: Rev. Echert writes in his parish bulletin that “Representative Kriesel stands by this response and stated that he does not care if this exchange is made public in his parish” (emphasis mine).
Sigh... The staffer doesn't even bother to state why the Representative is choosing to decline a vote on marriage. I get letters from elected officials that disagree and why, they don't make it personal ever.
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  1. I can foresee, as a matter of spite, and having gone through something similar, that Tyler and/or Kriesel's office will file a complaint with the IRS against Father Echert. Nothing, of course, will come of it except months and months of harassment until the matter gets cleared up.

    Pure Alinsky tactics.

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  2. And the interesting thing was last fall, this politician walked through this parish's fall festival during election season. Political candidates always use open religious celebrations to attract voters. Where I live candidates can walk through, no signs or literature though.

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