While campaigning for Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, U.S. Rep. Doug Collins â a former pastor â attacked her opponent, Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, for his views on abortion rights.
âThere is no such thing as a pro-choice pastor, Collins said of Warnock. âWhat you have is a lie from the bed of hell.
Their differing views on abortion reflect a range of views on controversial political issues among American clergy. Yet what made the sparring so notable is the infrequency with which two pastor politicians are even in a position to confront one another.
Why do so few clergy serve in Congress?
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