HURRAY! Never thought I would be a fan of the IRS, but....go get em' boys!!!! Time for churches to lose their tax exempt status. These fuckers have done one of the dumbest things they could have ever thought up. The whole question of tax exempt status being bullshit in the first place will be litigated now. What will NOT be the result is that churches will be able to engage in political party promotion AND not pay taxes. THAT is expressly against the law, is NOT a free speech issue and churches are NOT going to be given a special pass.
The IRS will most certainly go after them too. And if they do not, then the IRS can expect to be sued by other tax payers (perhaps millions of them in a class action) for violating the 'equal protection under the law' provisions of the constitution. The IRS may not ignore some tax laws which are blatantly broken by one group, allowing them to not pay taxes and then enforce tax laws against another group, throwing them in jail and taking their homes when they do not pay.
This is gonna be one of the best legal can of worms ever opened.
By: gregsto
In: Politics, Religion
Tags: pastors, 501(c)3, tax exempt, taxes, religion, churches, church, non-profit
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Obama is a catastrophic disaster
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByXyBerFuNK (1212.10) 
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@XyBerFuNK
So was your birth, but we're all getting along just fine.
Posted Oct-9-2012 Byvbenv (19.60) 
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@vbenv yeah?
Fine ain't good enough buddy
Take your Obama phone and shove it
Party's over
Either get on board or get crushed in the landslide
Choice is yours pal
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByXyBerFuNK (1212.10) 
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Well, time for them to be taxed. Retroactively! I always thought it was stupid that that the churches were tax exempt, time for some new money!
Posted Oct-9-2012 Bykillerz3000 (347.84) killerz3000 View Channel Send Message
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If the churches would just pay taxes they could politic from the pulpit all they wanted. Tax the churches. Pay your share, deadbeats.
And don't give me that bullshit line about how churches do so much good. The amount they actually spend on "helping the needy and feeding the poor" is minuscule at best when you consider how much the spend on buildings and paying pastors. What a fucking joke.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByDoobyTheCat (369.10) 
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Good kitty
theLAB
Posted Oct-9-2012 BytheLAB (339.20) 
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Shut'em all down.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByFoxxie (672.20) Foxxie View Channel Send Message
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Give to Caesar what is Caesar's. They forget themselves.
Posted Oct-9-2012 Bykajidono (686.36)

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If they are Romney supporters they will get prosecuted. If they are obama supporters they'll get a free pass.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByRob99 (76.70) 
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@Rob99 You got that right
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByGulf Flyer (1886.44)

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Fuck! They get tax exempt status if they shut their fucking political mouth!
Looks like a nobrainer to me.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByZipperneck1321 (972.54) 
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All these "Christians" commanding their followers to vote for an Anti- Christian Mormon Bishop. Classic!
Posted Oct-9-2012 Bycdnbud (146.10) cdnbud View Channel Send Message
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a man wishes
Not a ***** or Mormon in his or his neighbors home, but the Nation has a Choice of one or the other.
If that is not the coming to reality of; the lesser of two evils, next we will have Porky Pig and Kermit to pick from, but it is again about Big Bird and NPR
theLAB
Posted Oct-9-2012 BytheLAB (339.20) 
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CBN - Even further right than Faux News.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByCargeLock (2003.22) 
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I had coffee with a black man from East Texas during a state democratic convention years ago when Texas' House Rep., District 1 was up for grabs in the upcoming elections. He told me he was taking the democratic candidate to all the black churches he could in the district. The preachers would let the candidate get up and campaign from the pulpit.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByTMoray1 (738.56) 
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Fools...
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByBowieBadu (0.70) 
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So to date, other churches have been willing to limit their own freedom of speech so as not to be taxed. If they can be bought off so cheaply, then it's pretty clear they don't put their money where their morals ought to be.
Posted Oct-9-2012 ByCadae (144.08) 
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@Cadae Yup.
Posted Oct-9-2012 Bygregsto (2453.48) 
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ALL religious groups should stay out of politics, or pay taxes!
The seperation was done to protect us from the tyranny of religion.
Posted Oct-10-2012 ByBunkerGearGal (918.94) 
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