The Constitution states in no uncertain terms that the State
and religion are separate.
Moreover, temples, churches, and mosques are known as
structures created for worship.
Places of worship are consecrated areas where individuals or
a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion,
veneration, or religious study.
Nowadays, it is not uncommon to find politicians in churches
especially on Sundays popularizing themselves or their parties. Admittedly,
church leaders have a propensity of inviting incumbent and aspiring politicians
in their churches with expectation of getting financial favors.
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Worse still, some church leaders unashamedly engage themselves
in political affiliations and alignments to the detriment of their
congregations. As the saying goes, he who pays the piper calls the tune, the
church leaders are forced to compromise their integrity by the unscrupulous and
treacherous politicians.
More often than not, politicians utter inflammatory and
derogatory statements to their rivals right in front of the laity. The time for
the Church to return to her appointed path of preaching the Gospel of peace is
now. The time to walk the talk is now.
