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Seems to me that there is a pretty big difference between two ministers -- albeit highly politically active ones -- campaigning for a person or party and a party itself (through phone banks, etc) attempting to use religious organizations to forward it's causes and candidates. Apparantely both sides have done the latter.
However, it seems to me that in neither case is there a Constitutional issue, because political parties aren't the government per se.
If a sitting government official uses her/his influence to try to shape the course of a religion -- or shape the course of the government because of his/her religious beliefs, that's another matter.
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The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
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