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Perhaps the most damning excuse – the most self-incriminating fear - used to justify the deafening silence of bishops and protestant clergy during an election cycle or during battles over pending legislation is the fear of losing the Church's "tax-exempt status."

Words cannot express the revulsion we should all feel at this excuse. Who is Lord of the Church? Caesar or Christ? Who is Lord of the Gospel? Jesus or the IRS?

In honest assessment, the tax-exempt status can only be viewed as a glorified bribe--godless hush money--used to buy the Church's silence.

Very well said.

1 posted on 12/26/2007 10:47:25 AM PST by wagglebee
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2 posted on 12/26/2007 10:47:56 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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3 posted on 12/26/2007 10:48:31 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

God Bless these brave people for their courage and perseverance. They are the frontline prolifers.

I hope they bug Giuliani until he drops out.


4 posted on 12/26/2007 11:36:40 AM PST by Palladin (Cackle..cackle..cackle. Hillary laid another egg.)
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To: wagglebee

I can’t help but question the timimg on this.

Giuliani’s going down, thankfully, in the all-powerful polls.

It seems his message is being heard, and rejected,by the base.

I hope this does not backfire.


5 posted on 12/26/2007 11:40:09 AM PST by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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To: wagglebee

TG for You-Tube. We don’t have to depend on MSM accounts of what happened here. We can see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears the events outside Giuliani’s office.

The one who galls me the most is the young cop at the end who is arguing with the gray-haired woman (is that Joan?)
He sounds like a petty tyrant telling her she can’t exercise her Constitutional rights to free speech and assembly. Then he tries to throw a guilt trip on her by telling her she is harming the public by taking the cops off their regular beat.

Nasty little New Hampshire Nazis.

Someone in Giuliani’s office called out the cops on these peaceful demonstrators.

That horrible RINO adulterer Giuliani will never get my vote!


6 posted on 12/26/2007 11:47:45 AM PST by Palladin (Cackle..cackle..cackle. Hillary laid another egg.)
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To: wagglebee
I don’t know much about the tax exempt status issue of churches.

Why would a church lose its tax exempt status for saying, “Don’t vote for a candidate that favors abortion!” ? Why would it be illegal for the church to publish the position of candidates on this issue.

By the way, on Christmas Eve our family watched the movie about the great abolitionist William Wilberforce.

8 posted on 12/26/2007 11:54:22 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: wagglebee; All

Thanks for posting wags.

A question for those who have stated Terry’s a crackpot, gives pro-life a bad name, is on a ego trip (from previous threads, yes, especially my friends)...

Is it the truth or not? I’ve heard every type of opinion on the person,, nothing on the truth.

It seems a lot of us have to choose our banners, there is no wiggle room. There is nothing without respect for life... period.

Now we can lambaste while sitting on our ample rears and maybe send a C note in, say ‘well I know someone or my wife does it’ or we can open our mouths and tell the truth. Sad to say, i’ve even witnessed an eugenic spirit (by ‘Christians’), when it comes to abortion and minorities. If anyone wants to create levels... we’ve become Darwin, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Sanger and the Buck case lawyers (as you know way back, we had forced sterilization in almost thirty states way before it really kicked in). Eugenics is a huge tree with many branches operating full speed this minute. There is a choice to be made.

Here in NYC we have yet another case of a teenager and the parents differing opinions re: pulling the plug (btw, same hospital 12 year old boys plug pulled pronto after dentist incident). Not only does this teenager mirror my daughter’s story in her early life, I know a lot on this medically and I know the doctor in question. It’s personal. I made an appointment to meet with him, maybe he’ll kick me out, who knows. The story doesn’t sound right in so many ways.

Go to the NY Daily News website and read the cover story.


10 posted on 12/26/2007 12:18:58 PM PST by AliVeritas (ah, the sheer grace! in darkness and concealment, my house being now all stilled.)
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I want you guys to read this. This is not the story for the cover in the right sidebar... It was two full pages with pics.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/index.html


12 posted on 12/26/2007 12:33:39 PM PST by AliVeritas (ah, the sheer grace! in darkness and concealment, my house being now all stilled.)
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To: wagglebee

My first reaction when I saw this was: “Why aren’t these people demonstrating outside Hillary’s Campaign HQ?”. Or Obama’s or Edwards, for that matter. Clearly, it’s because they know that if they’re going to get any news coverage at all, you’ve got to bash a Republican candidate. That doesn’t make them wrong about Giuliani, but it does make them a bit selective in the target of their wrath. Then again, and you can call me cynical, this may just be another Huckster or Willard ploy.


20 posted on 12/26/2007 1:19:18 PM PST by pawdoggie
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To: wagglebee
In honest assessment, the tax-exempt status can only be viewed as a glorified bribe--godless hush money--used to buy the Church's silence.

So the clergy have allowed themselves to be bribed.

22 posted on 12/26/2007 1:53:29 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: wagglebee
Eleven Arrests at Giuliani's Headquarters -- Manchester, New Hampshire
 
14 arrested outside pro-abortion Rudy Giuliani's headquarters in Manchester.

Whatever one thinks of Randall Terry and Joan Andrews-Bell they have always been 100%  pro-life and continue to do be so.  Anti-Abortion Legend, Joan Andrews Bell and Companions Refuse to Pay Fine; Jailed for 5 Days
 
"There should be 1,000 pro-lifers sitting in at Giuliani's offices nationwide; he is like Joseph Stalin when it comes to killing the innocent."

-- Joan Andrews-Bell
 
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- 14 arrested outside Rudy Giuliani's headquarters in Manchester. Among them were dedicated anti-Abortion leaders, Randall Terry (founder of Operation Rescue), Joan Andrews-Bell (who has served multiple years in prison and is the Author of "You Reject Them, You Reject Me.") and her son Emiliano (whom suffers from "frozen joint disease" and was adopted after being rescued from a dumpster after being born with no legs.)
 
11 anti-abortion protesters led by Randall Terry were arrested on Tuesday for blocking the entrance to Guiliani's headquarters and charged for criminal trespassing. On Wednesday other activists followed suit: Joan Andrews Bell, son Emiliano and Willy Lewis. Randall's group was finally released around 10pm that same day, but he was inexplicably transferred and detained over night and finally released Thursday around 2pm.
 
Joan Andrews-Bell, Emiliano and Willy Lewis plead "nolo condendere" (which neither admits nor disputes a charge). They were fined $240 each, which they refused to pay. They were then sentenced to 5 days in jail at the Hillsborough County Jail in Manchester. Their decision is the outgrowth of their uncompromising commitment to be in solidarity with the victims of abortion, and to expose the pro-death position of Rudy Giuliani.
 
"These Manchester sit-ins are the beginning of a series of events that will take place in several states and escalate through Super Tuesday. Our plan is that February 5th will be the funeral of Rudy's treacherous presidential bid," said Randall Terry.
 
For comments call Randall Terry at 904-461-0834
 
For footage of the protest and arrest
 
 

23 posted on 12/26/2007 3:16:48 PM PST by Coleus (Merry Christmas!!)
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Joan Andrews-Bell and her husband are saints. They have been fighting the cult of death for many decades and have adopted many unwanted children.

Why are Clergy Silent????

Fear of offending their flocks and loosing their offerings are the two biggest reasons. Liberalism overtaking the seminaries is a major underlying cause also.

24 posted on 12/26/2007 3:35:48 PM PST by cpforlife.org (Tag line on Christmas vacation...)
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To: wagglebee

wagglebee

another democrat seminar planter.

Fill out your history.

If you canot, then you are a snake in the grass.


25 posted on 12/26/2007 6:32:47 PM PST by CHICAGOFARMER ( “If you're not ready to die for it, put the word ''freedom'' out of your vocabulary.” – Malcolm X)
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To: wagglebee

One more very excellent reason to get rid of the IRS!


27 posted on 12/27/2007 5:45:20 AM PST by RichardMoore (MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Jesus, I trust in You!)
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To: wagglebee
They took this bold step to fulfill the role of "prophet" and "watchmen on the wall."

That's funny. I thought it was God who made and called prophets. Of course, the Bible is filled with mention of self-made ones who are roundly condemned for it.

33 posted on 12/27/2007 6:40:03 AM PST by Styria
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To: wagglebee

He will NOT get my vote. The Republicans had better wake up. We will not vote for a liberal.


42 posted on 12/27/2007 8:05:35 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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Excellent piece by Randall Terry. Every Christian should copy it and take it to their Pastor and get his “take” of Christians getting involved.


49 posted on 12/27/2007 1:15:01 PM PST by no dems (FRED THOMPSON: The only Conservative running who can beat Hillary or Obama.)
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