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Palestra.net has come across some information that Organizations like Faith Vote that are suppose to be NON_PARTISIAN are telling people to vote for Obama!
This is Outrageous and we should not settle for this....
Faith Vote Columbus is a coalition of religious congregations, neighborhood associations, and labor unions committed to:
1. Injecting issues of poverty and social justice into state and national elections
2. Increasing voter turnout in urban precincts with histories of low voter participation
3. Recruiting and training volunteers to engage in neighbor-to-neighbor non-partisan voter education campaigns on an on-going basis
4. Maximizing the political power of disenfranchised communities
5. Protecting the right to vote
About Us - Faith Vote Columbus (http://www.ohio-iaf.org/index.php?page=columbus_about - broken link)
BUT:
Palestra.net on Video has a woman saying she is telling people to vote for Obama:
Under video:
Non-Partisan Volunteer ?
Palestra.net ~ The College Network (http://www.palestra.net/news/politics/16494 - broken link)
Seems like some people of faith have some common sense!
"This is Outrageous and we should not settle for this...." Why not? They have every right to tell people who they think they should vote for. Kind of like how the CHURCH tells people to vote Republican.
What is so wrong with telling people to vote Obama?
Faith Vote Columbus is a coalition of religious congregations, neighborhood associations, and labor unions committed to:
1. Injecting issues of poverty and social justice into state and national elections
2. Increasing voter turnout in urban precincts with histories of low voter participation
3. Recruiting and training volunteers to engage in neighbor-to-neighbor non-partisan voter education campaigns on an on-going basis
4. Maximizing the political power of disenfranchised communities
5. Protecting the right to vote
Seems like some people of faith have some common sense!
"This is Outrageous and we should not settle for this...." Why not? They have every right to tell people who they think they should vote for. Kind of like how the CHURCH tells people to vote Republican.
What is so wrong with telling people to vote Obama?
I'll tell you............
While they were not taxed, they were also severely limited in what preachers could and could not discuss from the pulpit.
While this may seem extremely harsh and unfair, our country was designed for separation between church and state.
If they suggest or tell you how to vote, that could certainly sway many parishioners' opinions, unfairly. According to the 501(c)(3) code, a religious organization can lose its tax-exempt status by openly speaking out, or organizing in opposition to, anything that the government declares legal even if it is immoral.
This includes abortion and stem cell research. A tax-exempt status is a privilege bestowed by the government and the IRS will have no problem taking it away.
While they were not taxed, they were also severely limited in what preachers could and could not discuss from the pulpit.
While this may seem extremely harsh and unfair, our country was designed for separation between church and state.
If they suggest or tell you how to vote, that could certainly sway many parishioners' opinions, unfairly. According to the 501(c)(3) code, a religious organization can lose its tax-exempt status by openly speaking out, or organizing in opposition to, anything that the government declares legal even if it is immoral.
This includes abortion and stem cell research. A tax-exempt status is a privilege bestowed by the government and the IRS will have no problem taking it away.
While they were not taxed, they were also severely limited in what preachers could and could not discuss from the pulpit.
While this may seem extremely harsh and unfair, our country was designed for separation between church and state.
If they suggest or tell you how to vote, that could certainly sway many parishioners' opinions, unfairly. According to the 501(c)(3) code, a religious organization can lose its tax-exempt status by openly speaking out, or organizing in opposition to, anything that the government declares legal even if it is immoral.
This includes abortion and stem cell research. A tax-exempt status is a privilege bestowed by the government and the IRS will have no problem taking it away.
As you say yourself, "organizing in opposition to, anything that the govt. declares legal even if it is immoral". This included abortion. There are a lot of churches who should lose their tax-exempt status for organizing against abortion.
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