The Early Show CBS about 8:30 AM Monday March 17 Debra Dickerson Professor of Journalism, SUNY Albany, speaking about Obama’s former religious mentor, “ Ministers who want to, who are political are gona have to do some thinking about how they are gona present themselves because it’s not an echo, it’s not an amen corner anymore. People are paying attention. Now we’re being taken seriously. And I do think that ministers will and should (um) think about if they really really mean what they’re saying and maybe what they need to do is up the level. As ok, I say this in anger but maybe I need to step back and say this in a ina more responsible way because you can hear things in church every Sunday in a black church that they’re are off the hook. “
This is the beginning of justification of controlling political “religious” speech. They will use the anti-terrorism laws. They will most likely threaten with loss of tax free status. If this becomes reality then it could be used to control many types of free speech by tax free groups.
