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Catholic Group Demands Money From IRS Despite Having Already Been Paid
Maybe not, but the IRS is clearly in the wrong here. AT NO POINT did Catholic Answers materials tell anyone to vote for or against John Kerry. All their material did was point out that John Kerry was an excommunicate Catholic. Heck, Joe Lieberman is an excommunicate Jew, for all that (Lieberman's rabbis and community cut him off when he endorsed homosexual marriage). Catholic Answer material also pointed out that Catholics have moral teachings to follow on five central moral issues: abortion, contraception, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell harvesting (adult stem cell research is morally fine) and homosexual marriage. It pointed out that Catholics have a duty to eliminate these evils from society or keep such evils from taking root. Catholic Answers simply reiterated Catholic teaching on those five issues and on reception of the Eucharist. It did not promote or oppose any political candidate. Whether the Ninth District was correct about it being a moot case is an open question. In any case, LBJ's unconstitutional infringement on the free speech of religious organizations needs to be struck down. The state doesn't have a right to define what a religion is or religious speech is, and that's what it is doing.— October 24, 2011 8:56 p.m.
Catholic Group Demands Money From IRS Despite Having Already Been Paid
Dave, Do tell! I didn't know that the Congress or the President made laws about who can receive the Eucharist in a Catholic Church! Could you point me to the part of the federal code that describes what spiritual state the Catholic believer must have in order for proper reception according to federal law? And here I always thought that it was the CATHOLIC CHURCH that decided who was and wasn't part of it's communion! How stupid I was, not to realize this is part of the federal mandate! Of course, for years many of the thirteen colonies DID have oaths of office wherein a candidate had to swear that he didn't accept Transubstantiation in order to be sworn into office... maybe you think Catholic Answers ran afoul of THOSE laws? You're so cute when you say silly things!— October 24, 2011 6:50 p.m.
Catholic Group Demands Money From IRS Despite Having Already Been Paid
"The IRS eventually reversed its decision, ruling that the alleged political activity “was not willful and flagrant.” " There's your answer, honey. It's called "intimidation." According to the IRS, Catholic Answers is GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY! BWA-HAH-HAH-HAH!!! But, because the IRS has such a tremendously big heart, it will let Catholic Answers off - JUST THIS ONCE - and rebate the money. Of course, if Catholic Answers does it again, then WHAMMO! The IRS will punish them all and throw away the key. Because then it WILL be "willful and flagrant" activity, see? Catholic Answers is concerned about that precedent. But the IRS has insulated its decision by generously rebating the money which it ILLEGALLY CONFISCATED to begin with. Catholic Answer is asking the court to remind the IRS that the original IRS ruling was ILLEGAL. By the way, what is it called when you have to explain a newspaper account to the very newspaper that publishes the account?— October 24, 2011 6:34 p.m.