What ideas did religious leader preach?
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Explanation:
Local spiritual leaders at the crossroads of religion and politics are in an interesting quandary that pits their personal opinions against their roles as spiritual leaders.
Like the people in their congregations, they cast ballots that reflect who they think are the best candidates. But they are reluctant to share their decisions -- partly because IRS rules prohibit them from endorsing candidates and partly because they don’t want to cross anyone in their congregations.
“The church is a consumer culture. Given the economic situation, we don’t want to tick anybody off and have them leave our congregations with their finances,” said a local Protestant minister, who was among a group of religious leaders who agreed to speak on a condition of anonymity. “Ninety percent of clergy would agree with this and the other 10 percent are lying.”
“I’ve done that before, when the economy was a lot better, and lost families, but I learned my lesson,” the minister said. “I made reference to Terri Schiavo [whose case involved a legal battle over prolonged life support], saying if Heaven is such a nifty place, why are we keeping people here? I had a series of angry backlash. One family emailed me passages of the Bible, taking every reference to Pontius Pilate out and putting my name in its place. That was hurtful. Clergy are people too and we can be hurt by others.”
Answer:
he said to reduce religious discrimination