Posted on 10/27/2004 10:50:56 PM PDT by hope
Firestorm, nothing! Do you wanna see a REAL Zot? ;-)
JUST WATCH US!
I know of a church that has no tax exempt status. It pays taxes and the members cannot deduct their contributions.
They are beholding to no one.
For true religious freedom, this is the wave of the future.
Who gives a flip. Ignore them. They won't actually strip the the tax exempt status for this...
The ruling comes in response to a request by the Christian Defense Coalition, which is in the midst of a 15-day prayer tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the organization, had planned to lead in prayer for a Bush victory during evening services in each town. Though he had hoped to hold the services in churches, Mahoney says he has used American Legion halls, hotels and other venues pending a clarification from the IRS.
Screw the IRS! I'll pray all I want to for whatever I want to! I can't even believe this is a discussion!
Amazing. The IRS thinks it is above the law. It's long past time to do away with the IRS.
In other news, Democrat-leaning black churches may still continue to pray for Bush's sudden death according to an IRS spokesperson.
as a practical matter, the IRS wouldn't dare go after the church. If they did, they'd have to go after all the churches the democraps have been speaking at.
hope you don't mind a ping over here.
Drop the tax exempt BS and end the problem. Why should a church make itself beholden to the government?
They can't stop us!
In fact, it makes me more determined!
By the way, I see Democrat churches don't have any such problem.
ping
The day President Bush was sworn in in 2001, my pastor in Amarillo said, "well, we have a new President." The Place erupted with cheering and clapping. He didn't have to say anything else. He should have been able to though. Real Christians don't have to be told or even prompted this year. The evil in Kerry's eyes is obvious.
I thought this was a joke article LOL. That is insane.
Indeed.
Same goes for political activism.
FR is the best example.
Screw the 'nonprofit', 'nonpartisan' charade.
When can we expect similar sanctions for black churches that do nothing but serve as political love fests for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John F'n Kerry?
Oh...right. Never.
The tax exemption is really not the problem here...Besides, it's the churches who are the ones who are out there helping the downtrodden..without tax exempt donations that help would be harder to come by.
Right, but Kerry can CAMPAIGN IN CHURCHES??
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