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I thought this was a bit interesting. Three key points of this “Minnesota Marriage Amendment Pastors’ Pledge” states:
Conduct a Marriage Amendment Petition drive in my congregation
Conduct a voter registration drive
Distribute information regarding the marriage amendment

Surely the IRS will be looking to pull their tax exempt status as a religious organization because they are politically active?

Thursday hundreds of pastors from all denominations attended a summit at Grace Church in Eden Prairie and promised to fight same sex marriage.

Protesters say the theme of the summit cuts like a knife.

It’s the argument where agreeing to disagree just doesn’t cut it for either side.

“We support marriage rights for all people,” said Baptist Rev. Doug Donley

Catholic Priest Michael Becker added, “This is not about the church vs. the gay community.”

That was not clear to those gathered outside Grace Church. [...]

Randi Reitan was among the protestors. Her son is gay and she could barely hold back the tears as she spoke to the protestors, “This morning those pastors are learning how to hurt people.”

The Minnesota pastor’s summit is the first of it’s kind in the state. It’s goal is to encourage and help clergy to preach from the pulpit that gay marriage must be banned in Minnesota by an amendment to the state constitution.

Paul Brushaber traveled to the summit from Rochester, “I do believe the state has a role in defining standards of normalcy in our culture.”

At the end of the day each spiritual leader attending the summit signed a pledge saying they’ll actively work toward passage of this ban. [...]

“I wept at the thought of people teaching others that my son, my dear Jacob, was sick and sinful for being gay,” sobbed Reitan. (source)

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