Daily Kos :: It Begins: Dems "Excommunicated" From Church? [updated w/ VIDEO]

by georgia10

Thu May 5th, 2005 at 18:12:18 PDT

For those that thought that there has not been a full scale war lanched against liberals; for those who didn't take the radical right's promise to 'eradicate liberals' seriously, I present to you, Exhibit A: East Waynesville Baptist Church has just kicked out all its Democratic members.

Yes. You read that right. If you didn't vote for Bush, you had to 'repent your sin'. And finally, they figured why deal with the liberal sinners at all..

From libnnc over at DU:

'One of the local women who got excommunicated said on TV that it was like a cult. Another man who got excommunicated said that the rest of the congregation stood up and applauded as the Democrats were told to leave.'
The news report has been confirmed by others on that thread. The broadcast @ 11 pm on WLOS will run the story again. "

And From WLOS:

13 WLOS

Religion and Politics Clash
Religion and politics clash over a local church's declaration that Democrats are not welcome.

East Waynesville Baptist asked nine members to leave. Now 40 more have left the church in protest. Former members say Pastor Chan Chandler gave them the ultimatum, saying if they didn't support George Bush, they should resign or repent. The minister declined an interview with News 13. But he did say "the actions were not politically motivated." There are questions about whether the bi-laws were followed when the members were thrown out.

Just what is this minister thinking. Must not have any brains, because this will touch off us Democrats. Wing-nuts got to get it through their thick skulls, that we (democrats) believe in God also. I'll have more of my thoughts later.

Semper Fi