Pastor Jody Hice discusses the Book of Revelation while giving his sermon Sunday at Bethlehem First Baptist Church.
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return, you give us your First Amendment rights,' " Hice said. "We don't lose our right to free speech because we are pastors or when we step behind the pulpit."

There is no telling how many churches actually participated in "Pulpit Freedom Sunday," an event designed to challenge the government's restriction on political pronouncements from the pulpit.
t, they will advise their congregation what Scripture says about today's issues, apply(ing) those issues to the candidates standing for election just like their forefathers did 150 years ago."
ment certainly should prevail over efforts to categorize and, thus, restrict free speech. The early colonial sermons were filled with righteous indignation and some indignation that was anything but righteous, but people were free to make up their own minds as to whether their pastor was speaking for God or if he had more temporal concerns.

By Kendall Hatch/Daily News correspondent After 33 ministers across the country openly endorsed or opposed specific candidates in their sermons last week,