Some sensible men of faith find it repulsive that the C Street House O' Cheating Politicians has tax exempt status and want it revoked.
I agree with that of course. That said, what I really agree with is revoking the tax exempt status from every church that has given out conservative biased "voting guides" in recent elections. What I really would like to see is every church that has had a sermon on praying for Obama's death, or an illness to take him or another Democrat out, or to hope for a "miraculous" violent overthrow/theocracy/reset the time continuum/etc. to ALSO lose their tax exempt status.
Basically, I have never heard any violence, death, or harm wished a Republican from a pulpit, but apparently the reverse is all the rage. I have heard calls for prayers for Bush, curses on Catholics, and the point that my dog is going to Hell for having a microchip in my mom's Baptist church - which is why I'm never stepping foot back in that building, but no, I don't see liberal religious types being so damned mean.
So, in short, OF COURSE the C Street Commitment-Breakers should lose any privilege they have to violate federal law. But for every church that has screeched their congregations to vote GOP (or otherwise if you've seen any proof of that) I would argue that they should pay taxes for the next 20 years. If they keep their noses clean - if they can truly be pious - then they can get it back (if society still buys their argument).
Otherwise, there should be a price for preaching politics from the pulpit. There should also be a price for preaching hate, fear, bigotry, and racism from the pulpit, but I believe that God can handle that one better than man.
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