Marijuana-Worshipping ‘Church’ Gets Tax-Exempt Status From IRS (IN)

Fox News Insider ^ | June 2, 2015 12:28 pm

[Olog-hai]

An Indiana-based church that worships marijuana has been granted tax-exempt status.

First Church of Cannabis founder Bill Levin said it took 30 days for the IRS to grant his group tax-exempt status.

“Somebody at the IRS loves us,” he added. […]

Marijuana is still illegal in Indiana. …

[Berlin_Freeper]

Dope Fiends.

[4rcane]

Any business want tax exemption, just call themselves a church. If I run a furniture shop, its Tree Loving Church

[RginTN]

huh, the Tea Party groups wanting tax exempt status went thru hell to have that status delayed by the IRS. This shows the IRS being biased and corrupt.

[Slings and Arrows]

First Church of Cannabis founder Bill Levin said it took 30 days for the IRS to grant his group tax-exempt status.

Of course. Their organization doesn't support a conservative cause or Israel.

[nickcarraway]

If they worship it then they shouldn’t smoke or ingest it. That would be disrespdctful.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Next Headline:

Church Too Stoned To File Tax Forms Correctly Loses Status

[Gaffer]

They have shown they are biased and corrupt with their treatment of the Tea-Party-ish groups. This action shows how hate filled and contemptible that bias and criminality is. This is just an in-your-face thumb to conservatives. Arrogance of power

[FlingWingFlyer]

I thought the only reason the potheads wanted us to “legalize” pot was so we could make the world “a better place” by “taxing the hell out of it”!

[Leep]

Their “church’ dinners consist of Doritos and ice cream?

[bert]

Think Stranger in a Strange Land.

There will be established a large temple wherein there are priestesses that in ante rooms lining the perimeter of the softly lit circular halls, will accept your offering and then provide prayers and services thought reserved for Houries in Paradise.

[ConservingFreedom]

I think this has less to do with tax status per se than with attempting to establish its bona fides for protection under Indiana's religious freedom act; the article says, "Levin chose July 1 for the first service because that is when the state's religious freedom law takes effect."

[AppyPappy]

Someone will embezzle the money collected and it will close down.

[showme_the_Glory]

Stoner’s Creed. We believe in ganja, ........