Ministers defy prohibition on endorsing candidates

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SAN DIEGO – One of more than 1,500 ministers who planned to endorse candidates from their pulpits Sunday says he told his congregation that he’ll cast his vote for Mitt Romney.

San Diego pastor Jim Garlow is the national chairman of Pulpit Freedom Sunday, which challenges the IRS ban on tax-exempt churches endorsing candidates or parties.

The pastor of Skyline Church says the law needs to be challenged to prove that it’s an unconstitutional violation of pastors’ free speech and religious rights. “We believe it’s our biblical authority to obey God — and it’s our constitutional right, based upon the First Amendment,” says the pastor.

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