Interesting. Efforts by angry Catholics (mainly pro-gay politicians upset at the Church’s opposition tosame-sex marriage) to whack the Church with a financial disclosure law have resulted in opposition from Protestant and Orthodox churches who don’t want to be caught in the dragnet.
‘Many churches have deep historical memories of an experience of undue influence by the state in the affairs of the church, and thus many churches are wary of giving the state unnecessarily intrusive powers over their internal workings,” said the Rev. Diane C. Kessler, executive director of the council.
