Sign of the times

Todd Peperkorn is a pastor I know, and I have the highest respect for him. His church in Wisconsin is used as a polling place. On election day, he put up this message on the church sign:

Election officials made him take down the message. Rev. Peperkorn is a two-kingdoms kind of guy, but he thought a moral witness to an issue not on the ballot was appropriate. Morality, remember, does indeed reply to the Kingdom of the Lefthand. Contrary to popular assumption, morality is not the same as religion, which, for Christians has to do primarily with the Gospel. But the Law does apply to God’s reign in the world and to the civil order. Anyway, here is part of what Rev. Peperkorn said about his sign:

We are given an opportunity to confess the faith in the midst of an unbelieving world. We can do so in a way that is not bitter or vitriolic. But is it moral for a Church to agree to be used for what is a good, left-hand kingdom purpose (polling station) if it then limits the ability of that same church to be a prophetic voice in the world?

I am supportive of our government and its system. I’m not sure about the wisdom of churches as polling stations, because it may limit the ability of the church to be church in the world.

What do you think? Was the city clerk right or wrong? Should churches agree to be polling stations, if they are told they cannot say certain things?