[KittenClaws]

Currently, every Church has two choices:

1. Accept the exemption and preach as the government decides by omitting how the politics of today relates to scripture and Christian living.

2. Turn down the exemption and speak freely to the congregation about the politics of today as it relates to scripture and Christian living.

I’m not sure what all the fuss is about - surely not a few dollars saved?

[FiddlePig]

Another reason the 16th Amendment (income tax) was the beginning of the end of our Republic. It put the government in every aspect of life... as it demands to know everything about you.

[drjimmy]

Currently, every Church has two choices: 1. Accept the exemption and preach as the government decides by omitting how the politics of today relates to scripture and Christian living.

That is 100% false. Churches that want to maintain their special tax-exempt privilege are prohibited from campaigning for or against a particular candidate for political office, and from contributing to a candidate's campaign. However, churches are allowed to conduct voter education activities, including publishing voter education guides, that do not promote voting for or against a particular candidate. They can also hold voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives.

So there is a whole lot that churches can do and have been doing for decades to preach about political issues and how they relate to scripture, whether it be abortion, gay marriage, etc., and they can tell their parishioners that they should vote for or against politicians (not an individual candidate) based on their scriptural view.

[Secret Agent Man]

The fuss is the government forced the choice on us via one man, Johnson, because he wanted the church silenced from talking about his political record and aspirations. The fuss is that before this all churches were free to talk about whatever. Going back to the Founders days.

It is called iniquity. Gross injustice.

Tht is what the fuss is all about.