Florida Church Ditched As Polling Site Over Sign Telling Christians Not To Vote For Democrats
“There is a line drawn in the sand by Jesus that we ought not cross,” Al Carlisle, pastor of Grace of God Church, said about the message behind his Election Day sign.
A Florida church will no longer serve as a polling location after its pastor put up a sign on Election Day that suggested Christians shouldn’t vote for Democrats.
Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley told HuffPost that he received hundreds of complaints on Nov. 6 about the controversial sign at New Port Richey’s Grace of God Church.
The sign, handwritten in marker on white paper, read, “Don’t vote for Democrats on Tuesday and sing, ‘Oh how I love Jesus’ on Sunday.”
Corley said the church’s senior pastor, Al Carlisle, put up the sign and refused the supervisor’s requests to take it down.