You would think that churches would be the biggest defenders of separation of church and state? They always claim that atheists are the ones that benefit from it, but it is the exact opposite. I think the main objective of the separation of government and religion is so you can worship freely.
Churches and pastors can tell their congregations whatever they want to, from the pulpit, the 1st Amendment guarantees that right, but when they weigh in on political issues they are over stepping their boundries and should have to pay taxes as a PAC not a church.
The worst part about this is that churches are being manipulated by the Initiative 11 people. The exceptions really are non-existant and they plan to strip them in the state legislature if this measure passes anyway.
It’s one thing to manipulate voters, it is another low to manipulate your parishoners.