Sermon on the County, Loveall Style
The Jan. 5 “State of the County” address, organized and led by outgoing Lane County Commission Board Chair David Loveall, is recorded on a video that all Lane County citizens should watch to see the blatant erosion of the separation of church and state in a public meeting. Find it on YouTube at YouTube.com/watch?v=1PrO_JPIPA0.
In his opening remarks, Loveall alludes to “the higher power who appointed us” rather than recognizing Lane County residents who voted for the commissioners.
After watching and listening to Loveall’s guest, Chris Cirullo, give his lengthy sermon on the county exhorting God to “come and heal Lane County,” along with a pastor at New Hope Christian College, Guy Higashi, sharing his internal compass as Jesus and the Kingdom of God (“Bow your heads and pray with me”), I thought I was viewing an evangelical religious service rather than a Lane County government event…