No doubt he meant well, but Baptist pastor Chan Chandler's zeal got the better of his good judgment when, in 2005, according to members of his Waynesville, N.C., church, he banished members of the congregation for having voted for John Kerry instead of George W. Bush for president.
The tax-free status of the small East Waynesville Baptist Church was put into jeopardy after news of these charges surfaced.
Chandler, 33, reportedly told his flock that if they had voted for Kerry in the election, they must either repent or leave the church. Nine individuals claimed to have been expelled from the congregation.
Due to the controversy, Chandler himself left his pastorate in 2005, and around 40 congregants went with him into the light of a more Republican day.
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