Any church that even mentions politics should be stripped of their tax exempt status!
RE: Any church that even mentions politics should be stripped of their tax exempt status!
Are issues like Abortion, Homosexuality and Gay Marriage considered politics ?
Churches (and all pastors) should have the same free speech as any other entity in this country, whether or not the organizations pay any sort of taxes. There is no Constitutional justification for making free speech dependent upon the payment of any tax. The taxation excuse for muzzling others' free speech in this country is evil and disgusting!
Your comment makes no sense. Churches were at the forefront of our Revolution, ensuring that we became citizens instead of staying subjects of the crown. We have a long and VALUED tradition of churches being involved in politics, MOSTLY for the betterment of our country. Of late, sadly, the left has used the churches to THEIR ends, but if you look at it, the “lefty” churches are losing membership as the fundamentalist/evangelical (conservative/pro-liberty) churches are growing quite well, thank you. I would agree with you if you modified your demand to “Churches which urge a growth in government, for whatever reason, should be stripped of their tax exempt status.” That would mean that those who demand the use of government to do what is, Biblically, the job of the churches would lose that status, and rightly so.
Providing for the poor, witnessing to sinners, educating our children, defining marriage and marrying men to women, and so forth, are CLEARLY what the church needs to do, together with the family. These things are way too important to be left to government. Yet many, even here, are urging more and more governmental involvement in these areas.