Banning Preaching

The persecution is finally starting. That’s what this election is about: whether or not your government will put your preacher in prison.

by Rod D. Martin
August 12, 2016

You’ve probably never heard of the unelected Iowa Civil Rights Commission. But just before last month’s Republican National Convention, it announced that Iowa pastors may not preach any sermon in a service “open to the public” which might cause any transgendered person to feel “unwelcome.”

“Unwelcome.” That’s the standard.

Yes, the left is finally starting to ban preaching. In America. That’s what’s at stake this fall. It’s not about “politicizing the pulpit” anymore: it’s about whether you may or may not have a pulpit. To illustrate, let’s apply the Democrats’ standard to other things. Imagine if the Federal Election Commission ruled that no Republican convention could allow speakers who might cause any Democrat to feel “unwelcome.” Or any Black Lives Matter protestor to hold a rally that might cause any police officer to feel “unwelcome.”

The difference? Neither Democrats nor Republicans would ever do the latter; the former is more or less what Iowa Democ…