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When a pastor is publicly endorsing a specific candidate like this, shouldn't his church lose tax exemption?
it isn't just a tax write-off...churches are tax-exempt due to their status as a church....however, they are forbidden from involving themselves in direct endorsement of candidates from the pulpit. When they do this they can absolutely lose their status.I don't think so, if they did then any business that got any sort of tax write off or subsidies should be subjected to the same loss of 1st amendment rights
“ I’ve got enough Italian in me to know to know what loyalty means,” Vaughn said. “Here’s the way it works for me: I love loyalty. Loyalty is a forgotten quality. Donald Trump, you fought for my family, my family will fight for you.”
Right-wing pastor: I will never criticize Trump ‘because God chose the man’.
https://deadstate.org/right-wing-pastor-i-will-never-criticize-trump-because-god-chose-the-man/
During a recent livestream, Mississippi pro-Trump pastor Shane Vaughn said that people who dare to criticize Donald Trump are going against God’s plan.
“This is about a God that appointed a man, and you see, I’ve got enough Italian in me to know to know what loyalty means,” Vaughn said. “Here’s the way it works for me: I love loyalty. Loyalty is a forgotten quality. Donald Trump, you fought for my family, my family will fight for you.”
That doesn't make sense. You know that, right?I don't think so, if they did then any business that got any sort of tax write off or subsidies should be subjected to the same loss of 1st amendment rights
If this were about religion. This is pure grift.If the religoius premise is one which states that God has supreme sovereignty over his creation, then naturally it would follow that he allowed for Donald Trump, Barrack Obama, FDR, Hitler, Caesar, and Moses too would it not?
The Republican Party has captured the minds of those who live in the rural counties of America. Trump's followers are mostly farmers and rural shopkeepers. They lack education and they are not well-informed. Most of what they know about politics is by word of mouth.During a recent livestream, Mississippi pro-Trump pastor Shane Vaughn said that people who dare to criticize Donald Trump are going against God’s plan.
“This is about a God that appointed a man, and you see, I’ve got enough Italian in me to know to know what loyalty means,” Vaughn said. “Here’s the way it works for me: I love loyalty. Loyalty is a forgotten quality. Donald Trump, you fought for my family, my family will fight for you.”
That doesn't make sense. You know that, right?
There are laws for non-profits regarding political speech. Sorry you don't like the one related to churches.Absolutely. It's doesnt make sense that the government can take away someone's 1st amendment right because they give them a tax exemption
You would have to be a fascist asshole to support that.
Fascist asshole to make churches follow an agreement that allows them to maintain a privileged spot that the rest of us do not have? Whut?….Absolutely. It's doesnt make sense that the government can take away someone's 1st amendment right because they give them a tax exemption
You would have to be a fascist asshole to support that.
Maybe he realized he screwed up.Seems like God didn't have much of a plan, the second time.
He is all knowing how does he make a mistake?Maybe he realized he screwed up.
Trump scrunched up his face and spit at God too many times. God rebuked Trump.Maybe he realized he screwed up.
Or satanIsn't the pastor himself also chosen by God?
Or satan
So we're back to the divine right of Kings?Right-wing pastor: I will never criticize Trump ‘because God chose the man’.
https://deadstate.org/right-wing-pastor-i-will-never-criticize-trump-because-god-chose-the-man/
During a recent livestream, Mississippi pro-Trump pastor Shane Vaughn said that people who dare to criticize Donald Trump are going against God’s plan.
“This is about a God that appointed a man, and you see, I’ve got enough Italian in me to know to know what loyalty means,” Vaughn said. “Here’s the way it works for me: I love loyalty. Loyalty is a forgotten quality. Donald Trump, you fought for my family, my family will fight for you.”
Tax exempt status is different than subsidies to businesses, and the status requires the entity to not engage in politics.I don't think so, if they did then any business that got any sort of tax write off or subsidies should be subjected to the same loss of 1st amendment rights
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