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First, a genuine thanks for your service.

All of this is moot, however, because the 1st amendment clearly disentangles governments from church business.

Yes ... the Constitution absoluely protects the "activities" of "pure, simple, churches".

And ... the Constitution ALSO REQUIRES ...

persons, corporations, and "religious charitable corporations" (like Houston's Christian Churches) ...

to fully HONOR the full "terms and conditions" of business contracts.

IRS 501-C3 is a legally binding contract ... between CONSENTING parties ... whose "terms and conditions" each party MUST follow.

A) The IRS honors it's COVENANT requirement of this "federal contract" by giving Church contributors FINANCIAL CREDIT for their gifts/tithes/donation on their annual U.S. Federal Income Tax Return

B) The Churches MUST honor it's COVENTANT requirement of this "federal contract" by OBEYING the "terms and conditions" outlined (in detail) in IRS Pamplet-1828 (link provided above).

Will some Christian Believer here (please) explain to me how a Christian Church can obey BOTH ...

1) their COVENANT with THE LORD to speak His truth without reservation

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2) their IRS 501-C3 "federal contract" COVENANT to speak THE LORD's truth ...

... ONLY so long as it doesn't offend gays, sodomites, murderers, Allah, Obama, Muslims, etc.

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I believe the laws pertaining to the IRS 501-C3 should not apply to churches in any way. As far as I am concerned, churches are in a different class than the typical non-profit organizations that the IRS 501-C3 addresses. Why churches file for 501-C3 status is something I cannot comprehend. Maybe they cannot comprehend all the legal mumbo jumbo and want to do something they think is the safe thing to do. What they are doing is backing themselves into a corner so that Big Bertha Government can put their thumb on them.

Usually government has a hands-off approach to the churches. However, in the hands of those who have no regard for the Constitution and the historical limits on governmental infringement, we have Big Bertha Government and the totalitarian behavior we should have been protected from.

It is time to start throwing tea into the harbor and the snakes out of Big Bertha Government.

There is no federal writing that can contradict the US Constitution. If it does, then it is unconstitutional.

In allowing any government agency to acknowledge a church’s inherent corporateness, the church is doing the government a favor. Therefore, any interpretation of any church’s friendliness that violates the constitutional protections of the 1st amendment is a wrong interpretation.