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Article: Bad religion: Baptist preacher prays for death of Americans United, after watchdog group's IRS complaint about his church electioneering.(Internal Revenue Service)
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- Church & State
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- September 1, 2007
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The press release, at first glance, looked like any one of hundreds that flood forth during presidential campaigns.
"Mike Huckabee Wins," it exulted. "Join A Winner And Let's Take Back The White House."
Noting Republican presidential candidate Huckabee's strong showing in the Aug. 11 Ames, Iowa, straw poll, the release urged voters to "consider getting behind Mike and helping him all you can."
But the press release, emailed Aug. 12, wasn't from the Huckabee campaign or some supportive political action committee. It was from the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, an Orange County, Calif., congregation.
The church's pastor, Dr. ...