Professor Says 1st Amendment Protects Political Preaching

Notre Dame Law Professor Rick Garnett has an interesting op-ed column this morning in USA Today. Titled Campaigning From the Pulpit: Why Not?, Garnett says that the First Amendment protects "political preaching and faith-filled activism". He concludes: "Of course, there are good reasons — religious reasons — for clergy to be cautious and prudent when addressing campaigns, issues and candidates.... A hasty endorsement, or a clumsy or uncharitable political charge, has no place in a house of worship or during a time of prayer — not because religion does not speak to politics, but because it is about more, and is more important, than politics."