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Behind the Aegis

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Mon Sep 23, 2019, 08:45 PM Sep 2019

A powerful Christian lobbyist group is demanding tax breaks for white supremacists & neo-Nazis

Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council (FRC), has emailed his group’s followers to demand that white supremacist and anti-Semitic groups get tax-exempt status with the federal government. Perkins’ group, while masquerading as a mainstream Christian charity, has been deemed an anti-LGBTQ hate group.

Following hearings in the House Ways & Means Committee, Perkins railed against a hearing to investigate why hate groups were given not-for-profit status by the federal government and what to do about it. Perkins whined that the Democrats were trying to “use the IRS to do their dirty work.”

Describing the various groups highlighted during the meetings – including groups like the Vdare Foundation and The New Century Foundation – Perkins called them “mainstream Christian organizations.”

“This is exactly what conservatives warned about after Obergefell. Before the Supreme Court forced same-sex marriage on the country, President Obama’s solicitor general admitted that faith-based organizations would be the single most vulnerable group in America,” Perkins wrote.

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Won't somebody think of the Nazis?!

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A powerful Christian lobbyist group is demanding tax breaks for white supremacists & neo-Nazis (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 OP
Tax the churches... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #1
Yes... kwolf68 Sep 2019 #2
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