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Taxation without Representation: IRS vs The Church (Re: Flack #16)
I’ve been thinking more about this tension between Freedom of Speech and Separation of Church and State. We can toss about our ideals for Total World Domination by the Church or Elimination of Every Last Vestige of Unnessary Government Beaurocracy, but the fact is that we have a government, and it taxes us, and we have to fit churches into that framework. Tomorrow may bring a new day, but this story is about what do to today when the IRS’s hired thugs show up in the church narthex asking for a tithe rather than giving it.
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Flack #16: Pastors Challenge Law, Endorse Candidates
In this episode of Flack we discuss ministers who are challenging the IRS and the notion that a church cannot endorse or attack a political candidate and retain its tax-exempt status. What is the difference between a right and a privilege? Should the First Amendment be invoked here?
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A Deeper Right than Being Right
There’s a Deeper Right than Being Right.
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The State Ep1 - The Wrong Problem With Islam, Cover-ups, Christian Persecution in Burma
In today’s show (May 26th 2008) I discuss the Titanic Cover-up, the CIA, Denied aid to Christians in Burma, the “NAFTA Super Highway”, and other news. My big story is Don Marlar’s recent article at the Family Security Matters website where he finds the wrong problem with Islam.
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