Posted on 10/11/2019 6:44:52 PM PDT by marshmallow
LOS ANGELES, October 11, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) -- Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, a Catholic and presidential candidate for the Democratic party, called for churches and religious institutions to lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex “marriage.”
Joining other Democratic candidates in defending their respective LGBTQ platform stances on Thursday evening during a CNN televised town hall, O’Rourke said, “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone … that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us.” As the audience cheered, O’Rourke continued, saying, “And so as president, we are going to make that a priority, and we are going to stop those who are infringing upon the human rights of our fellow Americans.”
At the CNN LGBTQ Equality town hall, co-sponsored by the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign, O’Rourke also said that efforts to help people overcome unwanted same-sex attractions, dubbed as “conversion therapy” by critics, “should be illegal" because it is "tantamount to torture" of children. "We will ensure that there are penalties stiff enough, enforcement vigorous enough to make sure it does not continue,” he added.
O’Rourke took a step further in the direction of stripping churches and charities if they oppose same-sex “marriage” than Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). When asked what he would do as president, Booker said there would be “consequences” for churches and religious institutions, stopping short of ending tax-exemptions. He did not say outright whether they would lose their exemption status.
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It’s really becoming impossible to live in the same country with these people.
Penilize
But not a peep on mosques
How does he plan on doing this?Beto is that combination of nobody and nothing.
Absolute idiot - got a degree in English Lit; obviously not Law.
Irish Bob ain’t right in the head.....
Remind me of that First Amendment thing....
Ping
The desperation is strong in this one.
I don’t recall Christians off a roof top. However it happens all time in Muslim controlled countries.
OMG this is PERFECT!!!
I wish we could arrange a trade with the Chi-Coms, swap one- for-one a pro-democracy Hong Kong resident for each of our shitheads.
In my opinion, this statement puts Beto out of the game. Good news.
And he is going NOWHERE.
Sodomy is a real pain in the ass - just like Beto - eat dirt Beto you weirdo
In short, he wants to impose the religious orthodoxy of his own church on everyone.
I guess those folks just don't read the Bible.
Or they read it but don't agree with it. Imagine, not agreeing with God. He created us and has given each of us an eternal soul. And these folks turn their nose up on God's words.
It is incredibly stupid.
Satan has a lot of supporters in those fornicators.
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