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[avengers23]

We should all form churches and get on this tax exempt life and this expanded religious liberty.

 

[RurouniZel]

Why do I get the feeling this appalling Executive Order is designed to distract from today's health care vote?

 

[Herr Schwarz]

The evangelicals helped get him inside the white house. so hand jobs for them.

I thought the whole press conference for that EO was a disgusting obscene display.

Those are some serious faux religious shills standing around him clapping like trained seals. Thinking the louder they arf arf the more tax cuts they get.

Faux Christianity.

 

[Stinkles]

Religions should not get a tax exemption in the first place. If they want to set up a registered charity, then fine, that activity can be exempt same as for everyone else, and abide by the restrictions like everyone else.

Well they've had the exemption for decades and none of them have ever abused it.

 

[Waylon Drums]

Why do I get the feeling this appalling Executive Order is designed to distract from today's health care vote?

He talked about the vote when he talked about the order. He also talked about his win, of course.

 

[Codeblue]

Gee whiz I hope Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries start funneling in tons of money to Muslim religious groups in the United States and make this backfire like crazy. Would love to see liberal churches and the Church of Scientology go crazy too. Let's see it go crazy

The time honored tradition of conservatives realizing that their policies are bad when they see Muslims or Black people taking advantage of them.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Finally, relief for all the marginalized American Christians. Maybe they can finally come out from the shadows and practice their religion openly without fear of oppression. The name "Jesus" will no longer be a dirty word spoken only in secret.

Spoiler

Blows my mind that some people genuinely do see the world this way

 

[alr1ght]

BUT MAH CONSTITUTION!

This is disgusting.

 

[RurouniZel]

He talked about the vote when he talked about the order. He also talked about his win, of course.

Ah okay, stand corrected.

I can return to my usual getting fucked over like a good American.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

White Christian churches, I presume?

 

[plagiarize]

This is basically nothing. It asks the IRS not to punish Churches against a law that they are basically not punished against now. And it doesn't change the law.

But hey, great photo op.

 

[zethren]

Churches deserve the right to engage in political speech.

It's the tax exemption they don't deserve.

^^^^^^^^^
This.

 

[rrs]

so long story short the IRS may be more lenient to churches, or any 501(c)(3) doing political campaigning. Maybe hot air for his base? It's not like the Johnson amendment was gutted

 

[Host Samurai]

And today is the day I start looking fo jobs in Canada. This is disgusting.

 

[Future]

Yeah who gives a fuck about what a church wants to say politically. I'll never understand why they are tax exempt though

 

[Htown]

This is as bad for churches as it is for politics.

The worst thing to happen to American Christianity in the last 50 years is getting so tied up in the modern conservative movement.

 

[Gutek]

And today is the day I start looking fo jobs in Canada. This is disgusting.

I did it. Feels good man.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I imagine it will be perfectly fine when a mosque donates to a candidate then

 

[Linkura]

so long story short the IRS may be more lenient to churches, or any 501(c)(3) doing political campaigning. Maybe hot air for his base? It's not like the Johnson amendment was gutted

No, they would not be lenient to other 501c3s, as far as I can tell. Just churches.

 

[Tom Nook]

oh god....

 

[jstripes]

Hell no, the last thing this insane political climate needs is the fear of god on top of the fear of the brown man.

Rednecks and ISIS are pretty similar. They like shooting guns, driving around waving flags in pickup trucks, engaging in hate speech online, killing anyone different from them given the opportunity...

 

[darkwing]

Yeah who gives a fuck about what a church wants to say politically. I'll never understand why they are tax exempt though

churches are supposed to be a non-profit organization

 

[biggersmaller]

I worked for nonprofits a while back when in college and despite being full of extremely liberal people who hated Bush (at the time) - it was made supremely clear nonprofit organizations are not allowed engage in political campaigning.

Where's their "rights"?

Churches deserve the right to engage in political speech.

It's the tax exemption they don't deserve.

Now? Yup.

 

[Lord Frieza]

This is basically nothing. It asks the IRS not to punish Churches against a law that they are basically not punished against now. And it doesn't change the law.

But hey, great photo op.

The birth control thing is something.

 

[Kensation]

Every time Trump speaks:
https://youtu.be/LRVVm6jRiR4

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Churches deserve the right to engage in political speech.

It's the tax exemption they don't deserve.

Who's Church?

Which God is in charge of women's choice and gay rights?

 

[polyh3dron]

representation without taxation.

what the fuck.

also, david miscavige is cumming buckets right now hearing about this.

 

[Journeywalker]

This is basically nothing. It asks the IRS not to punish Churches against a law that they are basically not punished against now. And it doesn't change the law.

But hey, great photo op.

Is the final text available? I'm coming up with only summaries.

 

[Lord Frieza]

This is as bad for churches as it is for politics.

The worst thing to happen to American Christianity in the last 50 years is getting so tied up in the modern conservative movement.

This is debatable, depending on what face of American Christianity we're talking about

 

[Joeku]

Under his eye.

Praise be.

 

[kess]

This is as bad for churches as it is for politics.

The worst thing to happen to American Christianity in the last 50 years is getting so tied up in the modern conservative movement.

The worst Eisenhower legacy that no one talks about.

 

[Angelus Errare]

At some point, I foresee America getting rid of the concept that is separation of church and state.

 

[Imperfected]

Didn't most of the major religious figures oppose Trump, anyway?

I mean, sure, he gets the Southern Baptists to stump for him, but was he going to lose Mississippi and Kansas, anyway?

 

[Dalek]

How fucking depressing.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Didn't most of the major religious figures oppose Trump, anyway?

I mean, sure, he gets the Southern Baptists to stump for him, but was he going to lose Mississippi and Kansas, anyway?

You can't be serious?

 

[darkwing]

Didn't most of the major religious figures oppose Trump, anyway?

I mean, sure, he gets the Southern Baptists to stump for him, but was he going to lose Mississippi and Kansas, anyway?

I think most white Christians voted for him because he was pro-life(?)

 

[Omegasquash]

At some point, I foresee America getting rid of the concept that is separation of church and state.

This action is definitely an indication that there are some who would love to see that happen, at the very least.

 

[Darryl M R]

Separation of church and state? ACLU get on this.

 

[Avixph]

I think most white Christians voted for him because he was pro-life(?)

Not Catholics.

 

[Lord Frieza]

I think most white Christians voted for him because he was pro-life(?)

They voted for him because he's pro-life, and he's a fascist

 

[Linkura]

Not Catholics.

Yes Catholics. Well, the Catholics who vote R anyway. They're generally single issue voters (abortion). Several members of my family are like this.

If Ds were anti-choice, they'd totally vote D.

 

[zethren]

At some point, I foresee America getting rid of the concept that is separation of church and state.

I weep for that future, because eventually it will lead to a leader becoming "chosen by God" to rule indefinitely.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Churches deserve the right to engage in political speech.

It's the tax exemption they don't deserve.

Is this gonna apply to mosques too?

 

[dave is ok]

This helps Democrats more than anyone. The Johnson rule violations were mostly black churches telling people to vote for Hillary.

Thanks Trump?

 

[Omegasquash]

I think most white Christians voted for him because he was pro-life(?)

"Evangelical" Christians, for sure. The bulk voted for him because "immigrants took their jobs" or "Obama gave our jobs away" or "Muslims are bad didn't you know that".

 

[Avixph]

Yes Catholics. Well, the Catholics who vote R anyway. They're generally single issue voters (abortion). Several members of my family are like this.

If Ds were anti-choice, they'd totally vote D.

How many Catholics vote R?

 

[CornBurrito]

Does the State/Fed Gov actually censor church sermons? Or does the community?

 

[Imperfected]

You can't be serious?

Pretty sure the Pope outright said his behavior was non-Christian.

 

[Brannon]

oh god....

"Yes?"
-Senator God

 

[Gai Murakumo]

Church and State are supposed to be separated you knucklehead.