This Weekend Is Pulpit Freedom Sunday-- With Slightly Different Emphasis

This Sunday is Alliance Defending Freedom's 6th Annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday. According to an ADF press release,  almost 1,100 pastors in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have registered to participate. Participants this year have agreed to preach sermons that present the biblical perspective on marriage as the union of one man and one woman.  The focus of this year's event is slightly different than in the past, lacking the previous years' avowed defiance of Internal Revenue Code restrictions on non-profits. (See prior posting.) ADF explains:

Since 2008, one of Pulpit Freedom Sunday’s aims has been to have the IRS rule known as the Johnson Amendment struck down as unconstitutional for its regulation of sermons, which are protected by the First Amendment. The primary focus, however, has been on encouraging pastors to exercise their First Amendment freedom to speak truth into every area of life from the pulpit.