Celebrity endorsers TABLETS OF STONE Larry Faraon, OP 02/14/2010

Celebrity endorsers TABLETS OF STONE Larry Faraon, OP 02/14/2010 Undue influence or advantage is actually the real score in this pending requirement for celebrity endorsers of candidates to take a leave from their movie and TV shows for the duration of the campaign period. This is also the reason priests and ministers are asked by the Church to refrain from actively endorsing their favored candidates from the pulpit or even in the confessional, “For your penance, vote for so and so!” (Joke). But for the Church, it is essentially based on the constitutional clause on the separation of Church and State, namely, that while the political arena belongs to the state although not exclusively, the Church and its subjects are not to involve in partisan politics since this is perceived to be divisive and because the prelates exert spiritual and moral influence on their constituents.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100214com6.html

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