[gdani]

God help you then, if you think it's not relevant

The only way that it's relevant is that most churches have voluntarily decided to cede what would otherwise be a constitutional right to free speech in order to be tax-exempt. Once again, no one forces them to do so.

Sounds like your beef should be with those churches, not me.

[JamesP81]

Sounds like your beef should be with those churches, not me.

My beef is with so-called conservatives that seem to think using the IRS to railroad churches into not saying stuff it doesn't like is just peachy.

I'm not as big of a fairtax acolyte as some, but this is exactly why we need a national sales tax. This would not be an issue if we didn't have the IRS and the 30,000 page, arcane, and completely confusing tax code.

[pigdog]

Sounds like you approve of a Hobson's Choice.

I think it's far better not to have such a "choice" at all by voting in the FairTax. It will also greatly benefit the country's economy.