Beto O’Rourke says he’d revoke tax-exempt status of religious groups that oppose same-sex marriage
Oct 11, 2019 14:14:54 #
Texan’s comments at CNN e******y town hall hit a sore spot in a simmering culture war and drew allegations of intolerance.
WASHINGTON — Beto O’Rourke — already pushing a ban on assault weapons — has added to the list of issues sure to alienate conservative v**ers if he makes it to the general e******n, by vowing to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that oppose same-sex marriage.
The former El Paso congressman made the comments Thursday night during a CNN town hall dev**ed to L***Q issues.
His stance toward conservative religious institutions was far more aggressive than that of most rivals for the Democratic p**********l nomination.
The Texan seemed to be addressing acts of discrimination, such as withholding insurance benefits, although CNN’s Don Lemon framed the question in terms of belief: “Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities — should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?”
“Yes,” O’Rourke said without hesitation, drawing applause from the Los Angeles audience.
“There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone, or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us,” he added. “So as president we’re going to make that a priority and we are going to stop those who are infringing on the rights of our fellow Americans.”
Beto O’Rourke on religious institutions losing tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage: “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone ... that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us” #E******yTownHall pic.twitter.com/0ruxeIao8o
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 11, 2019
Two weeks ago, O’Rourke vowed to revoke the NRA’s tax-exempt status.
By that point, he had already alienated Second Amendment advocates. In the wake of the Aug. 3 rampage at a Walmart in his hometown, O’Rourke vowed to ban assault-style weapons and institute a mandatory buyback — effectively, confiscation of up to 15 million guns.
His threat to revoke tax benefits afforded to churches and other nonprofits drew allegations that he is now taking aim at the First Amendment, as well — the one that protects freedom of expression and religion.
The NRA should lose its tax-exempt status.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 27, 2019
On the right, defense of florists, bakeries and wedding chapels that refused service to same-sex couples animated the 2016 Republican primaries, with Sen. Ted Cruz and others tapping into fears of cultural shifts and assaults on religious freedom.
Ahead of 2020, a mirror-image debate has emerged among Democratic contenders striving to assure v**ers that they would be tireless champions of e******y.
Herman Cain, the former pizza company executive and tea party Republican who ran for president in 2012, blasted O’Rourke on Friday morning. “Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O’Rourke wants to take away it’s tax-exemption,” he tweeted.
Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O'Rourke wants to take away its tax-exemption. #ReligiousFreedom https://t . co/sH40i9UGrg
— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) October 11, 2019
A scathing article posted on Cain’s website takes the argument further, pointing out that taken literally, O’Rourke “wants to disqualify certain organizations from tax-exempt status solely on the basis of how they teach one particular issue. ... And oh by the way, the reason churches teach the point of view Beto doesn’t like is because it’s what the Bible teaches, and that’s what churches do.”
O’Rourke’s stance invited accusations from the right that in his drive for tolerance, he would punish religious groups that disagree with him and is therefore pushing intolerance.
“Yesterday: ‘Live and let live. My choices don’t affect your life. #Tolerance.’ Today: 'Any church that doesn’t embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption!” conservative commentator Michael Knowles tweeted late Thursday in response to his comments.
Yesterday: 'Live and let live. My choices don't affect your life. #Tolerance.'
Today: 'Any church that doesn't embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption! Even non-tax-exempt organizations will face consequences!'#E******yTownHall
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 11, 2019
Sophia A. Nelson, an MSNBC commentator and author of E Pluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders’ Vision for a United America, likewise took O’Rourke to task.
“How dare you suggest that we give up #ReligiousFreedom #religiousliberty and remove 501c3 tax status to churches if they oppose #L***Q rights or [same sex marriage,” she tweeted. The Constitution, she added, guarantees “e******y for ALL. Not just for some!”
Others accused him explicitly of running to curb the First Amendment.
The outpouring from gay rights activists was enthusiastic, though one Twitter commenter warned that O’Rourke is only feeding into the suspicion some conservative Christians hold toward Democrats, and their sense of persecution.
O’Rourke was one of nine Democratic candidates taking part in back-to-back “E******y in America” town hall sessions on CNN. Not all of the candidates were asked about tax-exempt status for churches.
Earlier in the evening, Sen. Cory Booker stepped carefully when asked whether “religious education institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose L***Q rights.”
“We must stand up as a nation to say that religion cannot be an excuse to deny people health insurance, education, or more,” he said, broadening the issue to include bakeries and other private employers.
When CNN’s Dana Bash pressed to say if such institutions should lose their tax-exempt status, Booker vowed “consequences” but wouldn’t say outright whether that should include loss of tax exemption for religious institutions.
“You cannot discriminate. … I’m going to make sure that I hold them accountable,” he said.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/10/11/beto-orourke-says-hed-revoke-tax-exempt-status-of-religious-groups-that-oppose-same-sex-marriage
WASHINGTON — Beto O’Rourke — already pushing a ban on assault weapons — has added to the list of issues sure to alienate conservative v**ers if he makes it to the general e******n, by vowing to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that oppose same-sex marriage.
The former El Paso congressman made the comments Thursday night during a CNN town hall dev**ed to L***Q issues.
His stance toward conservative religious institutions was far more aggressive than that of most rivals for the Democratic p**********l nomination.
The Texan seemed to be addressing acts of discrimination, such as withholding insurance benefits, although CNN’s Don Lemon framed the question in terms of belief: “Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities — should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?”
“Yes,” O’Rourke said without hesitation, drawing applause from the Los Angeles audience.
“There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone, or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us,” he added. “So as president we’re going to make that a priority and we are going to stop those who are infringing on the rights of our fellow Americans.”
Beto O’Rourke on religious institutions losing tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage: “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone ... that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us” #E******yTownHall pic.twitter.com/0ruxeIao8o
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 11, 2019
Two weeks ago, O’Rourke vowed to revoke the NRA’s tax-exempt status.
By that point, he had already alienated Second Amendment advocates. In the wake of the Aug. 3 rampage at a Walmart in his hometown, O’Rourke vowed to ban assault-style weapons and institute a mandatory buyback — effectively, confiscation of up to 15 million guns.
His threat to revoke tax benefits afforded to churches and other nonprofits drew allegations that he is now taking aim at the First Amendment, as well — the one that protects freedom of expression and religion.
The NRA should lose its tax-exempt status.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 27, 2019
On the right, defense of florists, bakeries and wedding chapels that refused service to same-sex couples animated the 2016 Republican primaries, with Sen. Ted Cruz and others tapping into fears of cultural shifts and assaults on religious freedom.
Ahead of 2020, a mirror-image debate has emerged among Democratic contenders striving to assure v**ers that they would be tireless champions of e******y.
Herman Cain, the former pizza company executive and tea party Republican who ran for president in 2012, blasted O’Rourke on Friday morning. “Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O’Rourke wants to take away it’s tax-exemption,” he tweeted.
Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O'Rourke wants to take away its tax-exemption. #ReligiousFreedom https://t . co/sH40i9UGrg
— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) October 11, 2019
A scathing article posted on Cain’s website takes the argument further, pointing out that taken literally, O’Rourke “wants to disqualify certain organizations from tax-exempt status solely on the basis of how they teach one particular issue. ... And oh by the way, the reason churches teach the point of view Beto doesn’t like is because it’s what the Bible teaches, and that’s what churches do.”
O’Rourke’s stance invited accusations from the right that in his drive for tolerance, he would punish religious groups that disagree with him and is therefore pushing intolerance.
“Yesterday: ‘Live and let live. My choices don’t affect your life. #Tolerance.’ Today: 'Any church that doesn’t embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption!” conservative commentator Michael Knowles tweeted late Thursday in response to his comments.
Yesterday: 'Live and let live. My choices don't affect your life. #Tolerance.'
Today: 'Any church that doesn't embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption! Even non-tax-exempt organizations will face consequences!'#E******yTownHall
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 11, 2019
Sophia A. Nelson, an MSNBC commentator and author of E Pluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders’ Vision for a United America, likewise took O’Rourke to task.
“How dare you suggest that we give up #ReligiousFreedom #religiousliberty and remove 501c3 tax status to churches if they oppose #L***Q rights or [same sex marriage,” she tweeted. The Constitution, she added, guarantees “e******y for ALL. Not just for some!”
Others accused him explicitly of running to curb the First Amendment.
The outpouring from gay rights activists was enthusiastic, though one Twitter commenter warned that O’Rourke is only feeding into the suspicion some conservative Christians hold toward Democrats, and their sense of persecution.
O’Rourke was one of nine Democratic candidates taking part in back-to-back “E******y in America” town hall sessions on CNN. Not all of the candidates were asked about tax-exempt status for churches.
Earlier in the evening, Sen. Cory Booker stepped carefully when asked whether “religious education institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose L***Q rights.”
“We must stand up as a nation to say that religion cannot be an excuse to deny people health insurance, education, or more,” he said, broadening the issue to include bakeries and other private employers.
When CNN’s Dana Bash pressed to say if such institutions should lose their tax-exempt status, Booker vowed “consequences” but wouldn’t say outright whether that should include loss of tax exemption for religious institutions.
“You cannot discriminate. … I’m going to make sure that I hold them accountable,” he said.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/10/11/beto-orourke-says-hed-revoke-tax-exempt-status-of-religious-groups-that-oppose-same-sex-marriage
Oct 11, 2019 14:21:09 #
churches shouldn't be tax exempt a church near me isn't and at the end of the year they divide the money they have by 6 and donate it to their 6 favorite charities
Oct 11, 2019 14:25:58 #
no propaganda please
Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
[quote=Rose42]Texan’s comments at CNN e******y town hall hit a sore spot in a simmering culture war and drew allegations of intolerance.
WASHINGTON — Beto O’Rourke — already pushing a ban on assault weapons — has added to the list of issues sure to alienate conservative v**ers if he makes it to the general e******n, by vowing to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that oppose same-sex marriage.
The former El Paso congressman made the comments Thursday night during a CNN town hall dev**ed to L***Q issues.
His stance toward conservative religious institutions was far more aggressive than that of most rivals for the Democratic p**********l nomination.
The Texan seemed to be addressing acts of discrimination, such as withholding insurance benefits, although CNN’s Don Lemon framed the question in terms of belief: “Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities — should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?”
“Yes,” O’Rourke said without hesitation, drawing applause from the Los Angeles audience.
“There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone, or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us,” he added. “So as president we’re going to make that a priority and we are going to stop those who are infringing on the rights of our fellow Americans.”
Beto O’Rourke on religious institutions losing tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage: “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone ... that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us” #E******yTownHall pic.twitter.com/0ruxeIao8o
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 11, 2019
Two weeks ago, O’Rourke vowed to revoke the NRA’s tax-exempt status.
By that point, he had already alienated Second Amendment advocates. In the wake of the Aug. 3 rampage at a Walmart in his hometown, O’Rourke vowed to ban assault-style weapons and institute a mandatory buyback — effectively, confiscation of up to 15 million guns.
His threat to revoke tax benefits afforded to churches and other nonprofits drew allegations that he is now taking aim at the First Amendment, as well — the one that protects freedom of expression and religion.
The NRA should lose its tax-exempt status.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 27, 2019
On the right, defense of florists, bakeries and wedding chapels that refused service to same-sex couples animated the 2016 Republican primaries, with Sen. Ted Cruz and others tapping into fears of cultural shifts and assaults on religious freedom.
Ahead of 2020, a mirror-image debate has emerged among Democratic contenders striving to assure v**ers that they would be tireless champions of e******y.
Herman Cain, the former pizza company executive and tea party Republican who ran for president in 2012, blasted O’Rourke on Friday morning. “Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O’Rourke wants to take away it’s tax-exemption,” he tweeted.
Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O'Rourke wants to take away its tax-exemption. #ReligiousFreedom https://t . co/sH40i9UGrg
— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) October 11, 2019
A scathing article posted on Cain’s website takes the argument further, pointing out that taken literally, O’Rourke “wants to disqualify certain organizations from tax-exempt status solely on the basis of how they teach one particular issue. ... And oh by the way, the reason churches teach the point of view Beto doesn’t like is because it’s what the Bible teaches, and that’s what churches do.”
O’Rourke’s stance invited accusations from the right that in his drive for tolerance, he would punish religious groups that disagree with him and is therefore pushing intolerance.
“Yesterday: ‘Live and let live. My choices don’t affect your life. #Tolerance.’ Today: 'Any church that doesn’t embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption!” conservative commentator Michael Knowles tweeted late Thursday in response to his comments.
Yesterday: 'Live and let live. My choices don't affect your life. #Tolerance.'
Today: 'Any church that doesn't embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption! Even non-tax-exempt organizations will face consequences!'#E******yTownHall
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 11, 2019
Sophia A. Nelson, an MSNBC commentator and author of E Pluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders’ Vision for a United America, likewise took O’Rourke to task.
“How dare you suggest that we give up #ReligiousFreedom #religiousliberty and remove 501c3 tax status to churches if they oppose #L***Q rights or [same sex marriage,” she tweeted. The Constitution, she added, guarantees “e******y for ALL. Not just for some!”
Others accused him explicitly of running to curb the First Amendment.
The outpouring from gay rights activists was enthusiastic, though one Twitter commenter warned that O’Rourke is only feeding into the suspicion some conservative Christians hold toward Democrats, and their sense of persecution.
O’Rourke was one of nine Democratic candidates taking part in back-to-back “E******y in America” town hall sessions on CNN. Not all of the candidates were asked about tax-exempt status for churches.
Earlier in the evening, Sen. Cory Booker stepped carefully when asked whether “religious education institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose L***Q rights.”
“We must stand up as a nation to say that religion cannot be an excuse to deny people health insurance, education, or more,” he said, broadening the issue to include bakeries and other private employers.
When CNN’s Dana Bash pressed to say if such institutions should lose their tax-exempt status, Booker vowed “consequences” but wouldn’t say outright whether that should include loss of tax exemption for religious institutions.
“You cannot discriminate. … I’m going to make sure that I hold them accountable,” he said.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/10/11/beto-orourke-says-hed-revoke-tax-exempt-status-of-religious-groups-that-oppose-same-sex-marriage[/quote]
If the progressives really believe that all forms of sexual behavior are equally valid then it is imperative that they include marriage between an entire group of people, as one man and ten women was the tribal custom for thousands of years. The same should go for adults and children as sexual partners, as the Muslims have always celebrated such behavior. Several cults and pagan tribes have sanctioned sex with animals, so the "progressives" should mandate that inclusion in their sexual code. All of these goals would help totally disolve all family units and make it easier for the state to own and control all people, which has always been one of the goals of the "progressives" anyhow.
WASHINGTON — Beto O’Rourke — already pushing a ban on assault weapons — has added to the list of issues sure to alienate conservative v**ers if he makes it to the general e******n, by vowing to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that oppose same-sex marriage.
The former El Paso congressman made the comments Thursday night during a CNN town hall dev**ed to L***Q issues.
His stance toward conservative religious institutions was far more aggressive than that of most rivals for the Democratic p**********l nomination.
The Texan seemed to be addressing acts of discrimination, such as withholding insurance benefits, although CNN’s Don Lemon framed the question in terms of belief: “Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities — should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?”
“Yes,” O’Rourke said without hesitation, drawing applause from the Los Angeles audience.
“There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone, or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us,” he added. “So as president we’re going to make that a priority and we are going to stop those who are infringing on the rights of our fellow Americans.”
Beto O’Rourke on religious institutions losing tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage: “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone ... that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us” #E******yTownHall pic.twitter.com/0ruxeIao8o
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 11, 2019
Two weeks ago, O’Rourke vowed to revoke the NRA’s tax-exempt status.
By that point, he had already alienated Second Amendment advocates. In the wake of the Aug. 3 rampage at a Walmart in his hometown, O’Rourke vowed to ban assault-style weapons and institute a mandatory buyback — effectively, confiscation of up to 15 million guns.
His threat to revoke tax benefits afforded to churches and other nonprofits drew allegations that he is now taking aim at the First Amendment, as well — the one that protects freedom of expression and religion.
The NRA should lose its tax-exempt status.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 27, 2019
On the right, defense of florists, bakeries and wedding chapels that refused service to same-sex couples animated the 2016 Republican primaries, with Sen. Ted Cruz and others tapping into fears of cultural shifts and assaults on religious freedom.
Ahead of 2020, a mirror-image debate has emerged among Democratic contenders striving to assure v**ers that they would be tireless champions of e******y.
Herman Cain, the former pizza company executive and tea party Republican who ran for president in 2012, blasted O’Rourke on Friday morning. “Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O’Rourke wants to take away it’s tax-exemption,” he tweeted.
Does your church preach the Gospel? Then Beto O'Rourke wants to take away its tax-exemption. #ReligiousFreedom https://t . co/sH40i9UGrg
— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) October 11, 2019
A scathing article posted on Cain’s website takes the argument further, pointing out that taken literally, O’Rourke “wants to disqualify certain organizations from tax-exempt status solely on the basis of how they teach one particular issue. ... And oh by the way, the reason churches teach the point of view Beto doesn’t like is because it’s what the Bible teaches, and that’s what churches do.”
O’Rourke’s stance invited accusations from the right that in his drive for tolerance, he would punish religious groups that disagree with him and is therefore pushing intolerance.
“Yesterday: ‘Live and let live. My choices don’t affect your life. #Tolerance.’ Today: 'Any church that doesn’t embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption!” conservative commentator Michael Knowles tweeted late Thursday in response to his comments.
Yesterday: 'Live and let live. My choices don't affect your life. #Tolerance.'
Today: 'Any church that doesn't embrace my views will lose its tax-exemption! Even non-tax-exempt organizations will face consequences!'#E******yTownHall
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 11, 2019
Sophia A. Nelson, an MSNBC commentator and author of E Pluribus One: Reclaiming Our Founders’ Vision for a United America, likewise took O’Rourke to task.
“How dare you suggest that we give up #ReligiousFreedom #religiousliberty and remove 501c3 tax status to churches if they oppose #L***Q rights or [same sex marriage,” she tweeted. The Constitution, she added, guarantees “e******y for ALL. Not just for some!”
Others accused him explicitly of running to curb the First Amendment.
The outpouring from gay rights activists was enthusiastic, though one Twitter commenter warned that O’Rourke is only feeding into the suspicion some conservative Christians hold toward Democrats, and their sense of persecution.
O’Rourke was one of nine Democratic candidates taking part in back-to-back “E******y in America” town hall sessions on CNN. Not all of the candidates were asked about tax-exempt status for churches.
Earlier in the evening, Sen. Cory Booker stepped carefully when asked whether “religious education institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose L***Q rights.”
“We must stand up as a nation to say that religion cannot be an excuse to deny people health insurance, education, or more,” he said, broadening the issue to include bakeries and other private employers.
When CNN’s Dana Bash pressed to say if such institutions should lose their tax-exempt status, Booker vowed “consequences” but wouldn’t say outright whether that should include loss of tax exemption for religious institutions.
“You cannot discriminate. … I’m going to make sure that I hold them accountable,” he said.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/10/11/beto-orourke-says-hed-revoke-tax-exempt-status-of-religious-groups-that-oppose-same-sex-marriage[/quote]
If the progressives really believe that all forms of sexual behavior are equally valid then it is imperative that they include marriage between an entire group of people, as one man and ten women was the tribal custom for thousands of years. The same should go for adults and children as sexual partners, as the Muslims have always celebrated such behavior. Several cults and pagan tribes have sanctioned sex with animals, so the "progressives" should mandate that inclusion in their sexual code. All of these goals would help totally disolve all family units and make it easier for the state to own and control all people, which has always been one of the goals of the "progressives" anyhow.
Oct 11, 2019 21:06:17 #
Wonder if that will include mosques and temples?
In am not entirely against the idea of churches paying taxes...But this seems like a rather arbitrary method of deciding who should pay and who shouldn't...
Actually...It resembles the taxthat many Islamic nations require individuals of other religions to pay....
In am not entirely against the idea of churches paying taxes...But this seems like a rather arbitrary method of deciding who should pay and who shouldn't...
Actually...It resembles the taxthat many Islamic nations require individuals of other religions to pay....
Oct 12, 2019 08:44:10 #
no propaganda please
Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Wonder if that will include mosques and temples? b... (show quote)
Yes,it sounds like the tax for the third class people who are Christians and Jews, and certainly shows exactly who is behind the acts.
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