Baptist Sins: Hate crimes bill & religious liberty – News with a Christian Perspective
Too bad the Baptists can’t remember that bearing false witness is a sin, and a big sin at that!
“Once you start elevating homosexual behavior to the same level as race, you jeopardize tax-exempt status. That is what happened to the Methodist organization up in New Jersey, where they lost tax-exempt status for one of their properties on the beach. [The Methodist organization, the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, denied use of the property to a lesbian couple for a commitment ceremony].
The truth about this case is that This Methodist organization agreed to operate this beach pavilion as “open to the public” and even took tax dollars for the repair of the roof. That is why their failure to abide by New Jersey law was a problem, and they lost their tax exempt status for that pavilion alone, retaining it for their other properties which were not being operated as “open to the public.”
I always find it interesting when religious groups don’t want others to be protected classes, but religion itself is a protected class. Talk about wanting to hold onto special rights!
via Baptist Press – Q&A: Hate crimes bill & religious liberty – News with a Christian Perspective.
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