I am reconsidering the position I took earlier.

My main concern was that it is impractical and probably counterproductive to try to keep religious organizations out of politics entirely.

A lot of good has been done by religious people who preached about moral issues that related to politics. Look at Martin Luther King, for example, and all the churches, black and white, that organized to support the civil rights movement.

Then it was pointed out to me that MLK never endorsed a candidate.

OK, if MLK could exert as much political force as he did without endorsing specific candidates or parties, then other churches and other political persuasions should be able to do it, too.

Let the rule be: let the preachers preach from their pulpits about morals and politics as much as they want as long as they don't endorse a specific candidate or a specific party.

Does that seem viable?