PC(USA) stated clerk issues statement on Supreme Court’s election finance decision

From the Presbyterian News Service

In an article posted on February 3, the Presbyterian News Service reports, "The Rev. Gradye Parsons, General Assembly stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), issued a statement today decrying the Jan. 21 U.S. Supreme Court decision to lift virtually all restrictions on corporate contributions to election campaigns."

The statement reads in part: "In light of historic Presbyterian wisdom about the dangers of corruption by special interests, I am concerned about the pressures this decision puts on individual candidates and office holders and on the integrity of the election system as a whole."

See the whole statement in the Presbyterian News Service story.




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