Conservative Christian churches in California and prominent figures around the United States like activist Charlie Kirk are urging congregations to get involved in ballot gathering or ballot harvesting.
Churches are social organizing spaces, they have been involved in politics since the very beginning. As long as they are doing it the right way, by encouraging voting but not voting for a particular candidate, and running voter registration drives, driving people to the polls, that’s good. We want more people to vote.
It’s not hypocritical to once be skeptical and then learn that something is OK. That’s called learning.
I blame people for being obtuse when they were complaining with zero evidence that there was a problem, I don’t blame people at all for working legally to increase voting.
As long as they are doing it the right way, by encouraging voting but not voting for a particular candidate
Yeah that’s not what’s happening. They get a sermon every Sunday about horrible immigrants and the woke agenda. Then at this event they get told to make sure they vote Christian. It’s specifically the evangelical churches and mega churches doing this.
Churches are social organizing spaces, they have been involved in politics since the very beginning. As long as they are doing it the right way, by encouraging voting but not voting for a particular candidate, and running voter registration drives, driving people to the polls, that’s good. We want more people to vote.
It’s not hypocritical to once be skeptical and then learn that something is OK. That’s called learning.
I blame people for being obtuse when they were complaining with zero evidence that there was a problem, I don’t blame people at all for working legally to increase voting.
Yeah that’s not what’s happening. They get a sermon every Sunday about horrible immigrants and the woke agenda. Then at this event they get told to make sure they vote Christian. It’s specifically the evangelical churches and mega churches doing this.
And at least one religious college where I live. They were bussing students to polling stations
Yep. They understand it’s about getting their people to vote while making sure the other group doesn’t