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Beto: Religious Institutions Should Lose Tax-Exempt Status for Same-Sex Marriage Opposition
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | October 11, 2019 | Graham Piro

Posted on 10/11/2019 7:48:02 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

'We are going to stop those who are infringing upon the human rights of our fellow Americans'

Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke (D., Texas) said he would strip religious institutions of their tax exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage.

"We are going to stop those who are infringing upon the human rights of our fellow Americans," the former congressman said during CNN's Equality Town Hall on Thursday.

CNN host Don Lemon pressed O'Rourke on the particulars of his plan for LGBT Americans.

"Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities, should they lose their tax exempt status if they oppose same sex marriage?" Lemon asked. O'Rourke answered with an unequivocal yes, and stressed that as president, he would make punishing religious organizations a priority.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: beto; bobblehead; gay; homosexualagenda; marriage; texas
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why not tell them they are losing their exemption for believing in God?


61 posted on 10/11/2019 9:03:36 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whoa!!!!

Wait a minute.....!

This would apply to Islamic centers as well.

Now I am fine with it


62 posted on 10/11/2019 9:04:28 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trying to capitalize on the secular hatred toward Christianity.


63 posted on 10/11/2019 9:16:53 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did he ask the followers of the pedophile prophet, moe-ham-head, about this?


64 posted on 10/11/2019 9:20:25 AM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all. And send her back!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, Robby, how’s that family furniture store tax problem coming along?


65 posted on 10/11/2019 9:22:05 AM PDT by bgill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He just wants to put the Bill of Rights in the shredder.


66 posted on 10/11/2019 9:37:22 AM PDT by Gamecock (Time is short Eternity is long It is reasonable that this short life be lived in light of eternity)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Beto.... still a douche.


67 posted on 10/11/2019 9:38:33 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

100,000 more votes for Trump.”””

10,000,000 more votes for Trump.

Fixed it.


68 posted on 10/11/2019 9:43:33 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does he realize he just included m*slims? Ohh! bearded ones not gonna like this!


69 posted on 10/11/2019 9:47:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sad but a large majority of stupid Christians in my blue city neighborhood support this POS!! I wonder if this includes the Catholic Church too? The majority of Hispanics reject a homosexuality atmosphere in the church but who support this fake Mexican...wonder how they would feel if the Catholic Churches were forced to marry homos and for a homo priest to preach homosexuality in the pulpit cause that’s where we’re heading with these radical demonic socialist hell bent on destroying the Christianity bunch!


70 posted on 10/11/2019 9:48:22 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bobby thinks censorship and telling people what their religious views shall be is not against our first amendment rights.


71 posted on 10/11/2019 9:55:06 AM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

We have done a 180 degree turnabout regarding taxation. It is not the burden of an entity to prove it should be tax-exempt. It is the burden of the government to prove why a particular entity should be taxed. The right to tax is not inherent in government or the Constitution. Until we challenge this and stop relying on 501(c) “permission”, churches are always going to be vulnerable.


72 posted on 10/11/2019 10:03:02 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke (D., Texas) said he would strip religious institutions of their tax exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage

All of them? Or all of them except Muslims?


73 posted on 10/11/2019 10:12:42 AM PDT by allwrong57
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To: allwrong57

Muslims are immune from our laws, just ask Ilhan Omar.


74 posted on 10/11/2019 10:19:45 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: red-dawg

“Damn right we’re going to wipe our ass with the Constitution.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They already did that on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009

Had an eight year long orgy of wiping.


75 posted on 10/11/2019 10:24:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: MrEdd

(lol)


76 posted on 10/11/2019 10:31:13 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have a bad feeling he’ll be Elizabeth Warren’s running mate.

In the same sense that Hussein 0bama chose Idiot Joe Biden - REMOVAL INSURANCE!

77 posted on 10/11/2019 10:53:20 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Takedown My Duly Elected President and You're Attacking The Constitution! IT WILL BE DEFENDED!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It would be child’s play to prosecute her for immigration fraud, but it’ll never happen.


78 posted on 10/11/2019 10:57:32 AM PDT by allwrong57
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, is this more “gay marriage not affecting anyone else” again?


79 posted on 10/11/2019 11:03:30 AM PDT by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Actually I believe he was talking about a “loyalty oath”.


80 posted on 10/11/2019 11:12:42 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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