Not my words. Not my view. A pastor from the pulpit said it and I hope he chokes on his pulpit's 501(c)(3) tax exemption, as justice for exercising an undeniably essential liberty. That is the First Amendment free speech right.
He can say whatever he wants and not be jailed or fined. But there's no basic or Constitutional right to 501(c)(3) exemption. That's a creature of statute.
See story, here.
See prior Crabgrass post, here.