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Re: Gay Marriage 

By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (5)
Fri, 25 May 12 8:09 PM | 83 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 		Msg. 42522 of 65535
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If a church is taking up a collection during the actual Sunday service which will then be sent to a PAC to campaign for the passage of something which may or may not appear on a future ballot, how is this NOT violating the covenant between that church and the IRS that states that they will keep their tax-exempt status only if they refrain from actively and directly being involved in the political process?

And secondly, if this church is recording the money placed in this collection as 'contributions' and the parishioners treat them as 'contributions' by then claiming them as such on their personal income tax returns, how is this also not aiding and abetting income tax fraud?

See, there are even PRACTICAL reason's why churches need to avoid asking for money which eventually ends-up in the coffers of POLITICAL Action Committees or even worse, in the hands of actual candidates for public office. It could be used by some to circumvent the fact that political contributions are NOT tax deductible.




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Gay Marriage
By: killthecat in FFFT
Fri, 25 May 12 5:29 PM 		Msg. 42514 of 65535

Between 150 and 200 Maine churches are expected to raise money for the Protect Marriage Maine political action committee, said Carroll Conley Jr., executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine evangelical organization and a member of the PAC. Conley is also trying to drum up support for the Maine campaign from religious leaders from around the country.

It's unusual, but not unheard of, for churches to take up collections for political causes. Maine's Catholic diocese says it raised about $80,000 with a designated collection in 2009 in its effort to overturn Maine's same-sex marriage law, which was passed by the Legislature that year and later rejected by voters. The Catholic church isn't actively campaigning this time, instead focusing on teaching parishioners about the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman Father's Day, June 17, seemed an appropriate time to kick off this year's fundraising campaign because of the day's focus on family, Conley said. Additional collection-plate offerings at churches are expected in the months ahead.


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