Why are Church Leaders silent on the River Tax?

[cks511]

Well, they were under orders to be for randi....i'm so surprised.NOT!  ORU undergrad here, back in the 70's.  They need to get Patty as a character witness...LOL

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1007/460308.html

as reported much earlier by:

http://www.batesline.com/archives/002369.html

[Im calling you out]

ORU just showed us why not to get involved it is against there non-profit standing.  Remember the last electioin?  Church's where going to invite speakers across the nation to pray for the President and the IRS sent information to the churches that the meetings where against there non-profit standing's?

[cannon_fodder]

No, Churches can pray for whomever they like.  Such is NOT against their non-profit standing.  They may not, however, advocate specifically for a political candidate.  They can advocate positions (remember to vote for whichever candidate you think will put an end to abortion) as a matter of religious freedom, but advocating for a candidate is specific political speech and not a matter of religious conviction.  As such, its subject to different tax laws.

/not my OPINION, that is the IRS position.

I'm interested to see how the ORU thing unfolds, I have not gotten details yet (for another thread).

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

Here is an interesting press release: Subject:   River Tax, Other Issues Plaguing Our City

Location:   Sunday, October 7th, 2007 @  3 p.m., Rudisill Library, 1520 North Hartford, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Forum:   The public is invited.  Come out and let your voice be heard, your opinion be known on the "River Tax" and other critical issues plaguing our City.  Everyone is welcome.  Yes supporters!  No supporters!  

Guest
Speakers:   Jack Henderson, Roscoe Turner, David O'Connor, Senator Judy Eason McIntyre, Representative Jabar Shumate, Senator Randy Brogdon, Bishop L. V. Broom, Reverend Warren Blakely

Invitation:   All Ministers and Ministerial Alliance Members

Contact:   Sharon Hanson @ 918-361-5471 or 918-853-9771

Think about that: 'plaguing.'

Well, that's certainly a START with some of our local Religious Leaders speaking out on this new Regressive Kaiser River Sales Tax.

[tim huntzinger]

quote:Originally posted by cks511

Well, they were under orders to be for randi....i'm so surprised.NOT!  ORU undergrad here, back in the 70's.  They need to get Patty as a character witness...LOL

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1007/460308.html

as reported much earlier by:

http://www.batesline.com/archives/002369.html

That an email was originated by Brooker may have been mentioned, but the much more scandalous aspect of this is that the RNC essentially paid ORU for this endorsement and its institutional help getting candidates elected in other states.

Say, how many ORU grads have been elected recently? Eagleton, Carter, Harris, Westcott to name a few.  Sayyyy, was there not an ORU grad in the County Chair position recently?

This is the same type of culture of corruption crap that brought down the GOP in '06.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by Friendly Bear

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

Let us know what your pastor/rabbi/minister says tomorrow.

Do they preach politics before the snake handling or after?

It depends on the temperature that the cold-blooded reptile has been refrigerated at.

[Edited]

C-A-R-E-F-U-L.

Such ANGER in one of God's Creatures.

Practice Love.  

Practice Peace.  

Practice Love of Your Fellow Man.

Vote NO October 9, For the Children!  
[B)]

Bear, I can feel the love.

I don't know, should I say "Screw you and your name calling personal attack", or not? Hmmmm?  Decisions, decisions.

It's all good.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by swake


Bear, I can feel the love.

I don't know, should I say [Edited]or not? Hmmmm?  Decisions, decisions.

It's all good.

Oh great leader of mine, a.k.a. Swake, you've committed a sanctionable personal attack.

Forum Gestapo, go do your job, and silence Mr. Swake!

My harmless riposte to Mr. Recyclemichael's vile reference as to whether my church performed snake-handling.....

Do they preach politics before the snake handling or after?

.....prompted your inclusion in my mild riposte.

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[Friendly Bear]

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[swake]

I have no problem with what I posted being edited,

However,

This is a personal attack, and should not be tolerated if my post was not:

[Taken care of]

[Im calling you out]

You can find your answer in the Holy Bible somewhere around Mark 12:13-17
13Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 15Should we pay or shouldn't we?"
  But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?" he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it." 16They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
     "Caesar's," they replied.

17Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."

[rwarn17588]

Thanks for clearing that up. [}:)]

Does God take cash, check or debit cards? [}:)]

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Does God take...debit cards?

And how!