Comments on: Gay-Bashing Church Could Lose Tax Exemption http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: steve http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-462423 steve Wed, 23 May 2012 17:45:18 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-462423 tax ‘em

]]> By: ralph nixon http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-205806 ralph nixon Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:07:54 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-205806 The bible never includes the word homosexual. The sin you are referring to is taken out of context and used to suit your self righteous beliefs. Read on: Leviticus was a very small faction created by Levi, one of the sons of Jacob. According to what I have read, prostitution ran rampant and married men were sleeping with other women and men so that scripture was written with that in mind. Furthermore God didnt write the bible man did. The bible is a great story book but open to interpretation with many passages that are not relevant to modern times. Of course these are my opinions as you have yours.

]]> By: JRF http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-200359 JRF Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:38:46 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-200359 What profiteth it a church if it preserve its tax exemption, but lose its soul? And if a church hath lost its saltiness (or light), it is worthless except to be tossed on the ground and trampled underfoot.
Too many (all) churches have sold their voice of light and salt to a lost and drowning world, for only thirty pieces of tax-exempt silver, playing by the rules of a lost government!
This church should stand by its principles, and IN LOVE, willingly abandon its tax exempt status, to be free to speak the truth. What a refreshing witness that would be to a lost world. Finally, a church that would stand by its principles! If they have to reduce their budget, so what? Will God not bless his people who speak and live His truths?

]]> By: dawn http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-194193 dawn Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:36:36 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-194193 we as a chuch do not accept gay. we belive it is a sin. we pray for the person. if you read the bible it will tell you it is a sin. the bible is ment to be as a book to live your life by. if we let this slide what next?

]]> By: NTX http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-159347 NTX Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:21:38 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-159347 The First Amendment to our Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .” I agree with this. But I believe what we have here is a group of people who are putting a mask of Christianity on their hatred of gay people. The Christian religion does not support the gay lifestyle, but it does not support hatred of gay people either. Any church that presents itself as being a Christian church, and which openly supports bashing people of other religions and gays, is engaging in political activities. Such an organization should be considered a PAC and taxed as such.

]]> By: IslandGyal http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-159178 IslandGyal Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:20:19 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-159178 I may be wrong, a wasn’t paying attention then, but I don’t remember liberals carrying guns to GW rallies nor liberals committing OK style terrorism and killing “American people” real li Dr. Tiller or imagined like the ones who will be burdened with the national debt or is a cell in a woman’s womb.

]]> By: Expatriot http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-158258 Expatriot Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:38:28 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-158258 Dove Outreach should be ashamed. When Jesus was asked by the religious leaders of his time what the most important laws were, he responded, “Love God, and love your neighbors.” Apparently, Dove missed that.

]]> By: IslandGyal http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-157951 IslandGyal Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:38:39 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-157951 Snorlax,
You are so right, I think christianity and ALL other religions are BULL CRAP!

]]> By: Snorlax http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-157904 Snorlax Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:01:58 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-157904 IslandGyal thinks that “…the principles of Christianity that forbid hate generally” are “bull crap”.

Obviously she is not a Christian.

Because Christianity is all about that.

Or at least it used to be.

]]> By: Snorlax http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-157896 Snorlax Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:12:01 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-157896 Dove Outreach isn’t Christian.

They’re Pharisees.

Jesus would be siding with the gay mayor. He didn’t bash gays.

]]> By: Hope http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-157880 Hope Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:41:21 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-157880 Direct link to the article containing the video: http://www.alligator.org/news/.....03286.html

]]> By: IslandGyal http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-157746 IslandGyal Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:07:58 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-157746 Oh please!, what bull crap

“Atkinson said. “I think they would find themselves constrained not by the laws of the state but by the principles of Christianity that forbid hate generally.””

]]> By: Tokkar http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/04/09/gay-bashing-church-could-lose-tax-exemption/comment-page-1/#comment-157552 Tokkar Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:13:02 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=3949#comment-157552 OUTSTANDING! Now, if we can only get the tax exemption revoked from a few (hundred) other churches around the nation, maybe then people might start to realize something…being a bigot is costly!

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