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daaron

(763 posts)
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:17 AM May 2012

Kentucky Church Tax Exemption Targeted Over Anti-Obama Sermon

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/21/group-calls-on-kentucky-church-to-give-up-tax-exemptions-over-anti-obama-sermon/

Pastor Ronnie Spriggs of Hager Hill Freewill Baptist Church said during a Sunday service that Obama should not be re-elected because of his recent endorsement of same sex marriage.

“Did y’all hear that? He said that he believes that gays ought to have the right to marry in the United States. That’s the president of the United States who said that. Amen. I don’t know about you folks, but I’m going on record and I don’t care who knows it. I want the guy out,” Spriggs said.

“This country can’t afford that kind of ideology in that office,” he added. “Amen. That’s too high office. I can disagree with anyone and we can go on, but when a man sits in the highest seat in this country and my freedom and your freedom is in his hands, I can’t afford for that man to have that kind of ideology and be that far against Christ.”

“We need to really be prayerful, and we need to get active,” Spriggs later said. “If you’ve ever opened your mouth, you better open it now. Between now and November, God’s people ought to thunder this country. We ought to let this country know that we will not be silent on these issues.”
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Kentucky Church Tax Exemption Targeted Over Anti-Obama Sermon (Original Post) daaron May 2012 OP
Boy...sometimes I wish I were an IRS agent. I'd come down on this... BlueJazz May 2012 #1
So how's this fundamentalist... jeepnstein May 2012 #2
That's the county I grew up in!!!!! get the red out May 2012 #3
I've read lots of articles about church's breaking this rule but I don't remember ever reading about bloomington-lib May 2012 #4
It's happened, but only in the most egregious cases skepticscott May 2012 #5
They don't usually lose their tax exemption. daaron May 2012 #7
We need to really be prayerful, AlbertCat May 2012 #6
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
1. Boy...sometimes I wish I were an IRS agent. I'd come down on this...
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:44 AM
May 2012

..Pastor like a tractor-trailer hitting a twinkie.

Church sermons are not the place for political rhetoric and political
speeches are not the place for religious opinions.

on edit: spelling

jeepnstein

(2,631 posts)
2. So how's this fundamentalist...
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:53 AM
May 2012

going to justify his congregation campaigning for a Mormon? That is the sermon I want to hear. I love to watch mental gymnastics, the Olympiad of Far Right.

get the red out

(13,468 posts)
3. That's the county I grew up in!!!!!
Tue May 22, 2012, 08:56 AM
May 2012

Yes indeed, this is a clear-cut case. He is openly nothing but an arm of the Republican Party at this point.

bloomington-lib

(946 posts)
4. I've read lots of articles about church's breaking this rule but I don't remember ever reading about
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:04 AM
May 2012

one losing their tax exemption.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
5. It's happened, but only in the most egregious cases
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:20 AM
May 2012

The churches are always given a warning, and have the non-profit/tax exempt rules reiterated to them. It's typically only the ones who continue to flaunt them blatantly and openly that get hammered.

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