Just as everything to do with churches, we should just go ahead and pay the taxes, we tea party types should just go ahead and pay the taxes. Any tax exempt privilege is a benefit that can be manipulated.
In order to maintain free speech and religious freedom, we need to forget about the 401(c)3. Then we are free to act politically if we so desire instead of walking a tightrope to avoid paying taxes.
Jesus said “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.” and paid the taxes.
By 401(c)3 we hamstring ourselves to not being able to preach against government mandated queer admiration, government mandated murder, government mandated confiscation of personal property etc.
Pay the taxes like everyone else (save the liberal orgs that are in the government’s pocket anyway) and you are not in the government’s pocket.
Do you believe paying taxes would stop the persecution? They still have OSHA, the EPA, all sorts of rules and regulations. It isn’t about taxes. It is about anyone who opposes Obama.
Remember what Valerie said:
“After we win this election, it’s our turn. Payback time. Everyone not with us is against us and they better be ready because we don’t forget. The ones who helped us will be rewarded, the ones who opposed us will get what they deserve. There is going to be hell to pay. Congress won’t be a problem for us this time. No election to worry about after this is over and we have two judges ready to go.”