EthicsDaily.com:

The religious liberty watchdog organization Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) filed a complaint to the Internal Revenue Service on Aug. 14 charging that the Rev. Wiley Drake improperly used church letterhead to endorse a presidential candidate.

Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, Calif., and recent second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, wrote a press release on church letterhead endorsing former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for president.

I don't agree with Drake's actions, but because I believe it's bad church policy, not because it should be illegal for religious people to say whatever they want from the pulpit.

“Federal tax law is clear,” stated the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, AU [Americans United for the Separation of Church and State] executive director. “Churches and other non-profits may not endorse candidates, if they want to keep their tax exemption. I am confident that the vast majority of Americans do not want to see their houses of worship politicized.”

I agree that all should be treated equally under the law, but I don't imagine, for a moment, that Barry W. Lynn actually cares about that -- nor actually cares about keeping churches from endorsing candidates.

Why would I say such a terrible thing?

Not because I want to think badly of "AU", but rather because they seem to be very concerned about some violations, and completely unconcerned about others -- like Obama's recent campaign speech at the UCC synod meeting, or churches that allowed Kerry to campaign from their pulpit on Sunday mornings during the last election.

We saw no AU complaints in those cases.