Democratic
Party presidential hopeful disagrees.
Beto
O’Rourke says churches that don’t support queer marriages should lose tax
exemptions.
“’There
can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone or any institution, any
organization in America, that denies the full human rights and the full civil
rights of every single one of us, ‘he said. ‘So as president, we’re going to
make that a priority, and we are going to stop those who are infringing upon
the human rights of our fellow Americans.’
“In O’Rourke’s ‘Plan to Pursue Equality for LGBTQ+ People and Ensure They Can Live Openly Without Fear of Discrimination or Violence,’ he lists reversing the Trump administration’s ‘attempt to expand religious exemptions in order to enable discrimination or harm others.’
“He adds, ‘Freedom of religion is a fundamental right, but it should not be used to discriminate.’
“Matt
Lewis, CNN political commentator, tweeted out, ‘This isn’t going to
help win the electoral college. If you wonder why so many Christians are willing
to hold their nose and support someone as horrible as Donald Trump, this helps
explain it.’
“Luke
Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at Becket, a religious liberty
law firm, called it ‘blatantly unconstitutional,’ adding ‘it’s also foolish
because those groups provide billions of dollars in essential social services
to their communities. Churches and ministries should be allowed to
hold centuries-old beliefs without fear of government retribution.’”
(O’Rourke
is not likely to take the Democratic nomination, but he and other speakers get
these kinds of things on national news, repeating them over and over. Yes, he
will take your AK-47s and your AR-15s and all other semi-automatic
military-style rifles. **The AK-47 is a select fire rifle, not semi-automatic,
but facts don’t mean much to Democrats.** And now, yes, churches, colleges and
religious charities will lose tax exemption, unless they support non-biblical,
political ideas.)
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