Conservatives take on this controversial legislation we talked about over the weekend that now threatens their supporters as well . . . Read more:
Hawley: Law prohibiting politics at the pulpit should change
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, wants to do away with a provision in the federal tax code that bars religious organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained audio of an Aug.
Ultra Conservatives like Hawley should be careful what they wish for.
ReplyDeleteBefore they remove restrictions on "Preaching Politics" they should remember that not everyone in a pulpit is named "Joe Bob" or "Wayne", and ask themselves if they want the Reverends and Ministers who speak from the aspect of and to Normal People discussing the actions of the Far Right and its ilk.
Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything.
ReplyDeleteOne man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
Democracy, too, is a religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.
ReplyDeleteIn our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
ReplyDeleteAs if preaching politics doesn't happen from the pulpit now.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the position of the Kansas City Atheist Club on this?
ReplyDeleteAnd does it matter?
In fact, to the rube who keeps posting about them...did they EVER matter?
What difference did they, or have they, made in the community?
Answer...NONE on all counts.
fuck that tax the churches
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