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True Blue American

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47. I know how they are.

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 03:10 PM

Oct 2020

This Church is a Brethren, almost across the street from me. An old Church of the Bretren.. I would not have gone to the old Church. They built a new Church across the street and hired 2 Ministers.

Almost across the street from me. You find the love and inclusion in most of your predominantly black Churches. Trust me I know!

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Catholic deacon told congregation not to vote for Biden. [View all] Quemado Oct 2020 OP

Disgusting lack of judgement. n/t Eyeball_Kid Oct 2020 #1

Deacons are nobodies. My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #2

Report it to the IRS. Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #3

This has not ever been enforced. Patterson Oct 2020 #9

Perhaps the time has come to enforce it. nt crickets Oct 2020 #19

While enforcement is less frequent than it should be, Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #28

Can you name a church that ever lost their tax exempt status FBaggins Oct 2020 #23

I agree with you OLDMDDEM Oct 2020 #31

That deacon... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #4

Couldn't this be considered political speech? dware Oct 2020 #5

That has never happened. Patterson Oct 2020 #10

Maybe it's time to start enforcing it. dware Oct 2020 #12

Has happened one time FBaggins Oct 2020 #24

Considered? It's explicitly political... JHB Oct 2020 #16

Yeah, I don't expect anything to happen either, dware Oct 2020 #18

Tax that church. muntrv Oct 2020 #6

You can't do that and remain a tax-free church, right? Frustratedlady Oct 2020 #7

Widely ignored rule. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #33

Why I quit going to Mass. Ohiogal Oct 2020 #8

ditto. organized religion is way overrated. onetexan Oct 2020 #17

Ask the priest if he condones "p*ssy grabbing". nt Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #11

Really. These people are so blind, to these other disgusting traits of trump (the pu&&y grabbing, SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #14

Or adultery. Trump's on his third wife. nt. Mariana Oct 2020 #30

bye-bye tax exemption! lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #13

Churches have been doing this for years. Mariana Oct 2020 #27

See Post #23. nt dware Oct 2020 #29

Try a parish of color shrike3 Oct 2020 #15

I found a Church True Blue American Oct 2020 #35

Wonderful. shrike3 Oct 2020 #43

I know how they are. True Blue American Oct 2020 #47

I left the church where I loved singing in the choir PurgedVoter Oct 2020 #20

Illegal NameAlreadyTaken Oct 2020 #21

No enforcement. nt. Mariana Oct 2020 #26

That's so wrong Lotusflower70 Oct 2020 #22

This is going on in thousands of Christian churches. Mariana Oct 2020 #25

Oh, the Catholic Church was worse here. True Blue American Oct 2020 #34

The majority of Catholic voters cast their ballots for Trump in 2016. Mariana Oct 2020 #38

Fifty-two percent of all Catholics supported Trump. But his mainstay of support shrike3 Oct 2020 #49

We had that same problem with the local Catholic Churches when True Blue American Oct 2020 #32

Weird. I never knew deacons could give sermons if any kind. Just read scripture MaryMagdaline Oct 2020 #36

Deacons can and do give sermons in the Catholic church. Quemado Oct 2020 #41

Thanks. It's been years. I am not up to speed MaryMagdaline Oct 2020 #45

This sh*t's been going on for years. Sogo Oct 2020 #37

Make sure you let them know why you left. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #39

Thanks for sharing Beringia Oct 2020 #40

Right after it was said I would stand up and walk out! healthnut7 Oct 2020 #42

Perhaps instead of trying to get the IRS to enforce it's rules... WyattKansas Oct 2020 #44

Complain to your bishop. Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #46

A lot of Catholics here changed Churches they were so angry. True Blue American Oct 2020 #48

TAX THE CHURCHES INTO OBLIVION SoonerPride Oct 2020 #50