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as a catholic, I already sent an email to my bishop telling him that this failure to bak health care reform is going to be another shameful chapter in the life of a church that is filled with so many. I believe that in the end, the catholic church with claims to support healing has failed its flock in the same it did in the struggle against slavery and child abuse and will end up marginalizing it relevance
Love those red robes and slippers. The jewelry is pretty good too. And talk about respect for life, wow that's what all that embracing of little children must be about.
Anyway, this kind of stuff was okay during the Bush years when it was encouraged by Rove and his minions and put into play by all the churches - political activism in the name of republicanism is okay; bad when it is the dems (and especially anything to do with Obama).
Separation of church and state is good - get rid of the Faith Based initiative office in Washington and get rid of the tax-exempt status for all religions/churches. That will put an end to their interfering in matters of state.
They could have been bipartisan and invited a pub speaker to talk about hate, failure, and no solutions.
Non-profits are getting a bit more antsy lately about political stuff they are 'sponsoring'
The second they start doing anything remotely political they risk loosing their status as a non-profit that can take tax-deductible donations. And with today's hyper-political climate where everybody is willing to send an email or make a phone call if they are mad about something the risk is just too high to take.
501.3.c organizations should be taxed at a ridiculous rate for any property over their primary meeting and outreach grounds. Also on any money left over after they do their charitable works.
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