I don't get it-how can a church hold a political rally & still be tax-free

Ok, some I'm at the protest outside of Justice Sunday III where inside a North Philly Church is a rally hosted by Jerry Falwell, Rick Santorum, James Dobson and a host of other right-wing idiots. The church is predominantly black but the congregration leaving this farce was pretty much split down the middle.

From where we were protesting (which was directly across the street - we were allowed up to the middle yellow line of Broad Street) we can see the video stream from the program with the closed caption and you can see these idiots bad-mouthing Ted Kennedy (that was about all I could stomach).

Now mind you, this pre-dominently african-american church has received like 1.35million in Faith-Based inititive money. ANd they did bring in a niece of Martin Luther King Jr. to somehow legitimize what was going on in there (like one of his kids would be caught dead on the same stage as Falwell).

So tell me cause I'm just at lost for words or understanding or maybe it's my blonde hair showing - why the hell does this church still have "Tax-Free" status even with his massive political rally for the right going on inside.

BTW, great protest about 150-200 people show up and ACTUP was there and damn if those folks know how to make an enterance. They showed up about 15 minutes before the start carrying torches made of flares with had all this smoke & red flames coming from it. Mighty impressive!

see, it's okay, 'cause true patriotic chruches know the difference (however slight) between George W. Bush and the Baby Jesus, and they would NEVER use that initiative money for personal enrichment. :eyes: :puke:

But if a church speaks out against the war, calls for peace and an end to violence, well, they're just a bunch of anti-american commies and should lose their tax-exempt status forthwith.

Make sense? :crazy:

under a Republican misAdministration.

If we want the IRS to investigate, we have to demand it -- because this Justice Department will not.

http://www.sauvessanges.com/justiceSundayProtest1.html

Thanks to my hero Monique!

You can just see the edge of my sweatshirt

to the lady with the camera?

And when are you staging that minimeetup upstate you promised way back when?

and he is being hounded by irs. you are right, this smells. another in the hypocrisy adn corruption of our religious right

get part of the fines, so maybe you could get some money for more protest funding out of it.

:eyes:

Can you say, VOUCHERS?

where they promote one candidate over another it is OK. Fuck them, only morans that have no independence of thought follow them........you will never change their minds.