If you want politics, go to a meeting

Regarding the Wednesday letter, “IRS should stay out of our churches”:

People go to church to learn about religion, not to be preached at about politics.

If you want to talk politics, go to a government meeting. If a church becomes a political hotbed, then its tax-exempt status should be revoked. So many people try to separate church and state, but they only want it separate for their own convenience.

DENNIS SUTTON

Marysville

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