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Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status
AP NewsElizabeth Warren would not seek to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches or other religious entities that decline to perform same-sex marriages if shes elected president, the Massachusetts Democrats campaign said.
Asked to respond to former Texas Rep. Beto ORourkes assertion last week that religious institutions should face the loss of their tax exemption for opposing same-sex marriage, Warren campaign spokeswoman Saloni Sharma said that Elizabeth will stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTQ+ community to help stamp out fear of discrimination and violence. But she declined to take aim at the tax status of religious organizations that dont support same-sex marriage.
Religious institutions in America have long been free to determine their own beliefs and practices, and she does not think we should require them to conduct same-sex marriages in order to maintain their tax-exempt status, Sharma said by email.
Warren is the latest Democratic presidential hopeful to create distance from ORourkes suggestion as President Donald Trump joined a conservative outcry against it, accusing him of threatening religious freedom. Trump belittled ORourke as a wacko during Saturday remarks to the conservative Values Voter Summit, signaling a willingness to use the issue to drive a wedge between voters of faith and the Democratic Party.
Asked to respond to former Texas Rep. Beto ORourkes assertion last week that religious institutions should face the loss of their tax exemption for opposing same-sex marriage, Warren campaign spokeswoman Saloni Sharma said that Elizabeth will stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTQ+ community to help stamp out fear of discrimination and violence. But she declined to take aim at the tax status of religious organizations that dont support same-sex marriage.
Religious institutions in America have long been free to determine their own beliefs and practices, and she does not think we should require them to conduct same-sex marriages in order to maintain their tax-exempt status, Sharma said by email.
Warren is the latest Democratic presidential hopeful to create distance from ORourkes suggestion as President Donald Trump joined a conservative outcry against it, accusing him of threatening religious freedom. Trump belittled ORourke as a wacko during Saturday remarks to the conservative Values Voter Summit, signaling a willingness to use the issue to drive a wedge between voters of faith and the Democratic Party.
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Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2019
OP
This!! The EVILGELICALS need to shit their trap..quit having political rallies from the pulpit
Thekaspervote
Oct 2019
#5
True Dough
(17,305 posts)1. Do I hear ticket?
Warren/Buttigieg? That would be a fantastic combo.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)2. someday, someway, someone will find the nerve to address this topic openly.
barely used structures taking up valuable land all over the nation, contributing nothing to the tax base, scam religions run by grifting con men and megalomaniacal sociopaths, harmful cults masquerading as religions, and an IRS too timid to revoke the status of a single one.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)3. Once they enter the political arena
they lose their tax exempt status
I am sick and tired of this shit - tax exempt my ass
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)4. Tax any "non-profit" that goes political
Church or not.
Once you delineate choices your staff or clients, members should make. Done.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,771 posts)5. This!! The EVILGELICALS need to shit their trap..quit having political rallies from the pulpit
Or, be taxed... totally pisses me off! The ones that preach politics are no better than fux news
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden