This issue involves moew than just churches. It also cuts to the heart of being able to donate to an organization in order to have your voice heard.
FR is one of those deals that is pretty much affected. Right now if you make a donation to FR, it's not tax deductible.
The reason for that is because in order for an organization to be tax exempt it must refrain from endorsing candidates or taking positions on issues of public importance.
This goes back to LBJ. He didn't like what some groups were saying about him or his administration so what he did as revenge was put proscriptions on these organizations where if they contuined, they would lose their tax exempt status.
This clearly was not what the founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Futhermore, there's really no such thing as separation of church and state. to say there is really stupid, idiotic and foolish.
There's a reason why Democrats and RINO's want to keep things this way. They do so because everybody knows that what they're doing is not only wrong but it's malicious.
These politicians do not have the best interests of the country in their hearts. Their only interest is in the reacquistion of power so that they can continue to missuse and abuse it to do what they know full well are malicious and harmful things to us, the people of this country.
Remember Bill Clinton? This is the previous administration I'm talking about. Monica Lewinsky, Sexual Harrasment, Numerous rapes and murders that took place under his watch.
A lot of what he did was ung-dly. This is why they want these same proscriptions to continue. Because they want to be able to continue to do these enormously malicious and harmful things and they don't want christians and conservatives voicing opposition to their activities.
That is the reason right now why organizations like FR are not tax exempt. Take away these proscriptions and let them be tax exempt and it would allow them to be able to address issues of public importance without having to worry about the IRS breathing down their throats.
It would also mean more and more people being able to contribute to these organizations as a result of being able to deduct that donation from their taxes.
Regards.......
Incorrect. 501(c)(3) orgs can & do take positions on issues of public importance whether they are the NRA, Planned Parenthood or the NAACP.
They can't electioneer, which isn't the same thing.
You have it exactly backwards. FR is not tax exempt because it is not involved in charitable work. Therefore, it is taxed the same as other enterprises.
You seem to think being tax-exempt is a right for some and not for others.
"Take away these proscriptions and let them be tax exempt and it would allow them to be able to address issues of public importance without having to worry about the IRS breathing down their throats. "
Better by far would be to take away all those "proscriptions" as well as the income tax laws and the IRS and not tax income at all, but tax only end user consumption. Done this way there would be no ability of the government to interfere in it's present manner.
We can do this RIGHT NOW by supporting the FairTax bill (HR25) and helping to pass it into law. Write all of your congressmen asking them to support, cosponsor and vote for the FairTax as written, It will help you AND your church hugely - not to mention the entire country.