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To: tuffydoodle

The problem will be if he decides to sue the church, because their tax exempt status means they are a public accommodation and cannot refuse him membership.

It will happen sooner or later.


2 posted on 10/17/2016 7:20:05 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: wbarmy

They said he can attend the church anytime he wants to but cannot be a member. If a man was flaunting a mistress, he would be booted, too.

If Hillary gets in office, churches are in big trouble. Our pastor said if he is forced by law to perform homosexual “marriages”, we are all getting together and tearing the church down, brick by brick. He got a standing ovation. This is a large church.


4 posted on 10/17/2016 7:23:24 AM PDT by tuffydoodle ("Never underestimate the total depravity of the average human being.")
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To: wbarmy

A lawsuit may very well been the goal all along from the very beginning.


6 posted on 10/17/2016 7:25:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: wbarmy

What!? Where did you get this nonsense. Inactive members are cut from the rolls on a routine basis. The hope is, it will spur them into going to another church that will “fit their wants and needs”.


21 posted on 10/17/2016 7:41:53 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: wbarmy

No, you are quite wrong. A church may indeed freely choose its members.


28 posted on 10/17/2016 8:00:10 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Novermber 8th. AMERICA'S BREXIT!)
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To: wbarmy

Hm, I don’t know about that. Most churches of any size usually have Constitutions or Statements of Belief (that new members are given before joining) that state the church’s position on members who are openly participating in sin. If a member refuses to repent, refuses the discipline of the church and restoration, and refuses to stop the sin, then they are voted out as members. I would think that would protect churches from such frivolous lawsuits, even as 501(c)3 organizations. But I’m just someone on the internet.

Peach


56 posted on 10/17/2016 9:03:31 AM PDT by CarolinaPeach
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To: wbarmy

-—The problem will be if he decides to sue the church, because their tax exempt status means they are a public accommodation and cannot refuse him membership.-—

What libtard website you pull that nonsense off from...?


63 posted on 10/17/2016 5:26:03 PM PDT by Popman
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