No tax credit for hate - petition to remove LDS church from tax-exempt status

[iris27]

for sick amount of money and support they threw behind the Yes on 8 movement in California.

http://www.mormonsstoleourrights.com/






(bob_weaver originally posted this in the GLBT forum...I thought I'd bring it to the greater visibility of GD.)

[Booster]

1. I may regret it, but I joined.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Done n/t

[gollygee]

3. Oh EXCELLENT

They SO deserve to lose their tax-exempt status at this point. They are obviously a political organization now.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. Done

and done!

[Tumbulu]

5. done (nt)

[bluesmail]

6. I'm going to say it. I cannot believe the LDS/Mormon Church

is so backwards. I am not a member but my good friend is, and she's anti-anti-gay. In other words she's for civil rights for all.

[defendandprotect]

7. The Mormon Church + RCC were also largely responsible for defeat of ERA ---

a campaign they paid for with tax-exempt dollars --!!

And, I'm sure you know both played large roles in oppression/genocide of

native Americans -- also with the "church schools" that brainwashed their children.

And abused them in every way -- physically - sexually -- torture, murder, beatings...

[defendandprotect]

8. Thanks for petition -- sent --!!

[kevinbgoode]

9. Hey...how about a "FREE UTAH" campaign. . .

to free the people of that state from theocratic dictatorship.

[DearAbby]

10. Done K&R

[glinda]

11. I will only do it if you add to the list of Churches

the reason being that the one that is the worst is the right of Evangelical. If you take the others down you only strengthen the worst one. ALL OF THEM THAT ARE POLITICAL SHOULD BE OFF THE DOLE.

[BlueJazz]

12. Done and proud of it..

[robinlynne]

13. fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

[newtothegame]

14. Prop 8 was disgusting...

But I think the church can put money towards issues it supports as long as it isn't a particular CANDIDATE, am I right? Fighting poverty, abortion, gay rights, whatever.

[norepubsin08]

15. Good Job

Can't stand Mormons, they are always on the wrong side of a political equation.

[SeattleGirl]

16. Done

I believe in freedom of, and from, religion.

I don't, however, believe that any religion has a right to trample upon the rights of others.

[TWiley]

17. Dont stop there, tax all churches ....

Let them deduct a pittance if they have a soup kitchen, or actually do some other good deeds, but most churches only tend their own flock ..... this is not the "redistribution of wealth"?,

By ending the horror of "faith based iniatives" and taxing all those bastards, they will, with irony, actually produce a social good.
Everyones taxes will go down.