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I was going to say that the UCC sounds incensed by politically conservative, religious-right-style Christians, but I think a better word is "impatient." The UCC has seen their faith misused for partisan and ideological ends; the church's leaders saw a subtle effort to change this dynamic; but discovered things weren't improving quickly enough. Now, they're making an assertive effort to take on their rivals and help make a change.
In addition to the examples mentioned above, the UCC is also pushing back against the IRS for what church officials see as a slanted law-enforcement effort in which liberal churches are threatened for alleged political intervention, while conservative churches are not. Good for the UCC.
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