Posted on 05/05/2017 10:03:38 AM PDT by blackbetty59
An atheist group is suing President Donald Trump over his religious liberty executive order, which loosens restrictions on political activity by religious groups.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit Thursday in federal court against Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, claiming the order is unconstitutional because it makes government favor religion over nonreligion. Although the executive order applies to all nonprofits, FFRF believes it will be selectively enforced so as to only benefit churches and religious organizations.
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FFRF believes it will be selectively enforced
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That is bait for the right judge.
We know what they are thinking, Overturned!
Pretty funny. All people are religious. It’s just that to atheists their god is themself.
Nonreligion is religious doctrine in and of itself.
He should tell them to go to...well, someplace they don’t believe in.
Belief is an act, whether one believes in God or believes in no God. The belief in no God has been given enormous support by politucians and academics and the media. It HAS been promoting one body of beliefs to the detriment of all others.
Atheism is definitely a religion.
When atheism is recognized by the US government as a religion equally valid to Christianity, this country is lost. And we are nearly there.
FFRF can go suck an egg.
With the shell still on.
Honestly I think the tax code has gotten so damned horrible that we are the the wrong side of the “laffer curve” when it comes to the sheer number of exemptions, cut outs and exceptions....
The same with other federal regulations and whatnot...
Maybe they should just tax everyone at a flat tax rate, no exceptions, but HR block would have to close up shop.... but that is a solution and nobody these days wants that....
Selective enforcement / encouragement has turned many churches these days into just another arm of the government agenda octopus...
Just look at some of these “christian” charities that are getting fat off the government hog by acting as lackeys for the “refugees welcome at any cost” crowd...
“Hail Government hegemonic Hydra” I guess....
Really what difference is there between the government giving money to a private group for an agenda result versus giving a church an incentive for the same result....
NONE!
This is exactly why any FLAT TAX proposals always get shot down by the media, because it is a sever disruption in the all the “Unofficial De-Facto non-government government programs”
We have reached a point where there is no way to get rid of these programs, they are so entrenched, Liek a computer with spyware on it, we gotta let it CRASH before we can re-load it....
Stop, Stop, Stop!
It is not about the law, the claims, or their deeply held non-beliefs.
Its about money! The first Atheist group to file gets the headlines and can fundraise. All the Atheists out there looking for a cause will send money to the one in the headlines.
Always follow the money! Its not like they believe in anything else.
Pretend intellectuals, who insist everyone join them in their lack of faith...
It worked on sitting Gov of Alaska, Sarah Palin, but she didn't have unlimited personal funds to fight the multitude of democrat operatives junk lawsuits.
Atheists mainly target Christians. All the repeal does is allow Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews or whatever to endorse political candidates from their Churches, Temples, Synagogues, Mosques, whatever.
They already are lost.
The wicked cult of Atheism.
Charitable non-profits are prohibited from political campaign activity at risk of their non-profit status re IRS rules. So maybe it is time to lift that restriction. If such a restriction is lifted for religious organizations but not secular I think those opposing the new EO have a valid argument to take to the court.
We all know that this rule is given a nod and a wink when the politics endorsed please the powers that be. So why not just toss it?
Exactly
Unless “nonreligion” (a very vague generalization of the range of belief systems that encompass Freedom From Religion Foundation’s members) wants to identify itself as a religion, it has no grounds for a suit; and if it identified itself as a religion, it would enjoy the same protections as other religions, so it still has no grounds.
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