Posted on 06/21/2015 2:22:57 PM PDT by Ripliancum
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) reintroduced legislation in their respective chambers on Wednesday that would prohibit the federal government from denying tax exemptions or other government benefits to individuals and institutions that promote traditional marriage.
"Protecting religious freedom from Government intrusion is a Government interest of the highest order," the bill states.
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay marriage is a constitutionally protected right, the First Amendment Defense Act (S. 1598, H.R. 2802) would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from denying tax-exempt status to churches that refuse to officiate at same-sex weddings or from disallowing tax deductions for charitable donations to them.
Bravo !
i am tired the the Feds using OUR MONEY derived from FORCED TAXATION to BUY US with out own money!
IMO, this bill doesn’t go far enough. Obama will probably veto it anyway, since he has “evolved.” I’ll leave the evolved from what line alone.
Sad state of affairs when such a law is even contemplated in the first place.
This bill at least seems to be a step in the right direction to restoring the constitutional republic.
But also bear in mind that Congress wrongly continues to lay taxes in the name of state power issues, essentially anything which Congress cannot justify under its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers, which the Supreme Court has clarified that Congress cannot do.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
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