Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently told a group of 250 pastors that the churches are not only permitted — but also expected — to speak out on political issues.

He encouraged the pastors to give “guidance on issues that fall in the political world.”

“Cuccinelli followed in the footsteps of those government magistrates in the Bible of whom [John] Calvin says that are praised for ‘taking care that religion flourished under them in purity and safety.’” writes Bojidar Marinov in a guest column on the website American Vision.

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