It is dangerous territory for the Dems, but if can be done IF EXPLAINED PROPERLY. Otherwise, the republicans will immediately jump on this and claim the dems "are trying to shut down your church!" Promise.
This is not an extreme change only enforcement of current policy. And yes churches should be required to pay taxes. And oddly enough the Bush regime has already started enforcing this. Now only on liberal churches but thanks to that when there is a shift it will become widely enforced.
6. BUT! the threat to take their Tax Exempt status away for
participating in politics and government should wake them up to the fact that the reason they are separate and tax exempt it to keep it that way! If they want to participate in Government then they should lose Tax Exempt status.
If churches choose to be a default wing of government through receiving and adminstering duties of the state through a default "contract" with taxpayer funds and a PAC for the republican party, they should not be tax exempt.
Was this ever an issue when Jesse Jackson, et. el. would speak in various churches while on the campaign trail, or is this become an issue as of late? I never remember anyone having a problem with political candidates speaking at churches in the past.
And just because a particular church participates should mean all churches should be held to their account? You realize the overwhelming majority of churches never have political rallies of any kind.
...that churches should not be places that pols of any party (or independent) should speak. But I also agree with someone else's statement that if it were to be done it would be viewed by many as another attempt by liberals to eliminate G-d from the country.
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