Speaking of being above the law...

…an epistle from Ken, via Slog.

May 24, 2006

Dear Prayer Warrior,

Well, as you can read in the letter I just received from the Lake Washington School District, the fight is on!!! We better start praying.

Pastor Hutch

And what's Rev. Hutcherson fighting? Just the law, according to the Lake Washington School District attorneys...

In fact, under Washington state law, the facilities of a public agency, i.e., the Lake Washington School District, may not be used directly or indirectly for the purpose of assisting a campaign for election of any person to any office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition (RCW 42.17.130). Our attorneys have advised us that collection of signatures on any proposed ballot initiative on school property is a violation of that law, as campaigning for any candidate for elected office would be. Therefore we cannot allow your organization or another organization at your invitation to come onto district property for any efforts that would assist a political campaign of any kind.

...and it looks like the lawyers are right.

Maybe Pastor Hutch should look away from John 3:16 for a few minutes and catch up on his Bobby Fuller Four…