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End sarcasm Another point I want to make is about our precious “tax exempt status”. In all honesty the church is more at risk of losing it for its campaigning against this law then it is if gays can marry. From the IRS.gov (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-07-41.pdf) Currently, the law prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501(c)(3) organization as one "which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office."
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As I stated before, the section also mandates that a substantial portion of the groups activities must be dedicated to the influence of legislation. I think we can all agree that to argue that the Church comes anywhere near devoting "substantially all" its time to Prop 8 is laughable.
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You are correct... but how hard would it be to change the tax code to say all campaigns. That seems a lot easier to do than them losing their tax exempt status because they wont marry gays in their churches
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Moreover, the church's primary press release on Prop 8 says: Quote:
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