In 2004, my family came back from Catholic services, and told me that the priest had told the congregation that anyone who voted for John Kerry would go to hell.

I had the same thought. This means that that Catholic church had just forfeited its right to tax exempt status.

Only problem is, good luck with that. Like the bogus idea that corporations can be treated as people in law, with all the protections and none of the responsibilities, the idea that churches, including scams like Scientology, get tax exemption is just too entrenched to change.

Not that it can’t be done. Go for it, and you have my full support. Just expect that it wlll be a long, hard slog.

That Jesus statue in the picture used to stand along I-75N near Cincinatti. It burned a few years ago, struck by lightning, I believe, and has been replaced by a different one.

It was made “famous” in the song “Big Butter Jesus” by Heywood Banks. Part of myy favorite verse from the original contains this

Well don’t make no graven images.
That’s one of the 10 commandments
I hope the grading curve is kindly
You get to heaven with a 90

After it burned he added this

One night Big Butter got hit by lightning
It burned to the frame wire in a giant grease fire
Some blamed it on Satan, and boy, that would be frightening
But I thought it was Jesus’ father who was in charge of lightning