Pastor Chandler, the Chicken-Shitted Hearted Bully

Apparently, Pastor Chandler - the not-much-of-a-Christian creep who demands that all his congregants vote the way he tells them to - does not have much courage (like most bullies). He's refusing to answer the phone or show his face.

Here's this:

A pastor who led a charge to kick out nine church members who refused to support President Bush was the talk of the town Saturday in this mountain hamlet, with ousted congregants considering hiring a lawyer.

Pastor Chan Chandler did not return calls, and no one answered the door at his parsonage across the street from the East Waynesville Baptist Church.

Members of the congregation said Chandler told them during last year's presidential campaign that anyone who planned to vote for Democratic nominee John Kerry needed to leave the church.

Longtime member Selma Morris, who was treasurer at the church, said Chandler's sermons remained political after Bush won re-election. This past week, his comments turned to politics again at a church gathering that ended with nine members voted out.

Morris said Saturday that some of the ousted members planned to meet with an attorney on Monday to discuss their options. "We're hoping he (the attorney) will make him leave so that the church members can come back," she said.

So where's the Baptist Church hierarchy in all of this? Why aren't they forcing this pastor out? I wouldn't let this man lead my compost pile, let alone tell me how to vote. By not speaking out against him - although some other NC Baptist ministers have - the powers-that-be are implicitly saying that this man has the right to do this.

But I have an infinite amount of respect for the men and women who said no to this megalomaniac, including the Republicans who voted for Bush but still find it outlandish that a so-called man of God (and why do I think God isn't too happy with Chickenshit Chan either?) would abuse his power this way.