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Why do you post in General Politics which allows Atheists and non-Christians to post? Which is obvious they will support Beto.
You are right, I got confused. I guess I need more sleep. I believe there is a time and place to discuss stuff.You've confuzzled me. This is posted in a section only for Christians.
Christians should support the truth no matter what their political beliefs are. I honestly do not see this as being an attack on Christians at all.
That he didn't attack Christian beliefs at all. He defended the law which is exactly what he should do.
He’s saying anything now to catch up in the polls. Tax exempt status for churches and other truly charity organizations helps defer many costs at the local and state level. Someone needs to educate Beto on this.
Bc it's literally defending the law.
As the Catholics say, maybe he was just poorly catechized.I don't see this as an attack. Although, I think there's a major issue here with the use of the term "discriminate" in his statement. Upholding biblical values and refusing to promote what is against those values is not discrimination. Someone could walk into a church and demand free money from donations, but denying them doesn't mean the church is discriminating or breaking the law. What constitutes discrimination needs to be clearly established.
I just read what would classify as valid grounds for a church losing tax exempt status, and I don't see how opposing same-sex marriage would violate the law, especially when a gay couple can just get married by the justice of the peace. This is bullying churches into adopting beliefs contrary to what they've always held. Removing 501(c) standing for something most churches wouldn't comply with could also have a devastating impact on churches in general.
I think the question and answer was too broad to judge whether or not any laws other than actually the First Amendment is involved.Bc it's literally defending the law.
So a President Beto can just tell the IRS to start collecting taxes on Christian churches. He would not be breaking any laws.
It would be interesting to see the lawsuits and federal courts deal with this. I guess if he did do the pick and choose, it would be obvious the establishment clause could be invoked as he would be favoring some churches over others.I don't think this is quite true. If you are collecting taxes on (conservative) Christian churches but not on other types of religious institutions, then the state is favoring certain religious organizations over others. That is in violation of the Establishment Clause. The only way to do something like this without breaking any laws would be to eliminate tax-exempt status on all religious organizations across the board, whether they are in agreement with you on the issue of same-sex marriage or not.
Yet most if not all of the Democrats running for President in 2020 would probably run with Beto’s talking point.
Bc it's literally defending the law.