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Pastor Says State Law Threatens His Right to Teach the Bible in His Church
Daily Signal ^ | 7/6/2016 | Leah Jessen

Posted on 07/07/2016 5:53:24 AM PDT by milton23

An Iowa pastor, saying the government needs to stop “meddling in religious affairs,” is at odds with the state over a law focused on sexual orientation and gender identity that he says hinders his First Amendment right to teach on matters of sexuality.

“The state of Iowa is not the self-appointed pope of all churches,” Cary Gordon, pastor of Cornerstone World Outreach, a nondenominational church with around 900 members in Sioux City, Iowa, told The Daily Signal.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: carygordon; dailysignal; firstamendment; gaykkk; homosexualagenda; iowa; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; religiousfreedom; siouxcity
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1 posted on 07/07/2016 5:53:24 AM PDT by milton23
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I used to think Iowa was conservative middle-America. Guess I was wrong.


2 posted on 07/07/2016 5:55:10 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Nope, its the rotting heart of a nation bent on self destruction.


3 posted on 07/07/2016 5:56:41 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: milton23

Kansas is still pretty conservative if you get out of the eastern counties. They hate Brownback and are doing all they can to sabotage him.


4 posted on 07/07/2016 5:58:03 AM PDT by Mercat (Boredom is a problem on the inside. And happiness, too, is an inside job.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Iowa was one of the first states to grant marriage licenses to gay. And not on an order from a federal judge.


5 posted on 07/07/2016 5:59:58 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: milton23

The goal of the left is to eliminate Christianity, while promoting izzzlam.


6 posted on 07/07/2016 6:06:16 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: milton23

Speaking out against the Royalty like this will get his church’s tax exempt status pulled and himself jailed for hate speech.

Had I been told this nation would come to this 50 years ago when I was getting out of High School I would not have believed it.

As Jefferson said;

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”


7 posted on 07/07/2016 6:07:00 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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As Jefferson said;

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

Jefferson said that?


8 posted on 07/07/2016 6:17:29 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Geez just look at their elected reps
They are idiots
Maybe there’s a fungus in the soil out there


9 posted on 07/07/2016 6:44:24 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I meant Harkin, not Ernst
Maybe there is some enlightenment


10 posted on 07/07/2016 6:46:03 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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I am probably going to catch flak for this; here it is though. I’ve come to realize that if churches don’t incorporate via the state to get tax exempt status they can tell the state to stuff it. Otherwise, by virtue of their incorporation they are an entity of the state and subject to its rules and regulation.


11 posted on 07/07/2016 6:59:34 AM PDT by Turbo Pig (To close with and destroy....)
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The Iowa Civil Rights Commission enforces Chapter 216 of the Iowa Code, which in part prohibits discrimination by public accommodations. The code also provides for an exemption for ‘Any bona fide religious institution with respect to any qualifications the institution may impose based on religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose.’ This law was enacted in 2007 and has been consistently enforced, and the exemption consistently applied, since its enactment.

So is he saying his church is not a bona fide religious institution? Because if it is then he doesn't seem to have anything to worry about.

12 posted on 07/07/2016 7:04:06 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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13 posted on 07/07/2016 7:05:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Turbo Pig
I’ve come to realize that if churches don’t incorporate via the state to get tax exempt status they can tell the state to stuff it. Otherwise, by virtue of their incorporation they are an entity of the state and subject to its rules and regulation.

No flak from me - you are spot on. But the moment the churches relinquish tax exempt status is the moment tithes become non-tax deductible. When that happens, a portion of tithing will drop off. Can't have that, now, can we?

14 posted on 07/07/2016 7:15:24 AM PDT by dware (You called down the thunder, well now you got it!)
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:: Cornerstone World Outreach, a nondenominational church ::

Failure #1: claiming to be “non-denominational” does not pass the sniff-test. Of course CWO is part of the modern protestant church and not -in any way affiliated- with the Roman-Catholic church. Say it loud, say it proud! [Really?]

Please! Stop hiding behind a cloak of cultural-ignorance.

Failure #2: challenging the State as “Il Papa” will only get you smacked down on the backside. Prepare thy-self for IRS inquisitions and sundry other “gummint” intrusions likely resulting in the public exposition of (a) improper use of funds or (b) physical exploits among the flock.

As Rush has said, “it isn’t the evidence that convicts you...it is the seriousness of the charge”


15 posted on 07/07/2016 7:18:17 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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“a law focused on sexual orientation and gender identity that he says hinders his First Amendment right to teach on matters of sexuality.

NO IT DOESN’T,

When Teaching about “Sexuality” QUOTE FROM THE QURAN, it is close enough to the Bible that you can make it work.


16 posted on 07/07/2016 7:37:50 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
I used to think Iowa was conservative middle-America. Guess I was wrong.

It's full of Democrats. What else should we expect?

17 posted on 07/07/2016 8:23:04 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: mountn man

I’ll bet he repeated it.


18 posted on 07/07/2016 8:31:52 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

He has no room to talk. He eats the bread.

501C3 tax exempt, this fact already ensures he adheres to a list of approved sermons, and avoids prohibited ones. This is just an upgradde.


19 posted on 07/07/2016 8:58:23 AM PDT by Dirt for sale (QS)
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To: Dirt for sale

*Up-gray-edd


20 posted on 07/07/2016 9:00:50 AM PDT by Dirt for sale (QS)
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