Political leaders all around the world pushes for a religious ethno state.

Nope, but I do know Russia is trying really hard to be an atheist ethnostate.

Religion are tax exempt in a lot of place, and use a lot of that money to lobby.

1. Churches aren’t tax free because they are churches, they are tax free because they are charities and operate like every other charity except there is one less disclosure form a year they have to file, and quite a lot of churches choose to file that form for transparency. I know you love your talking point but it is simply incorrect.

2. Churches are strictly prohibited from many political activities. Here is some stuff from the Freedom From Religion website:

In order to remain tax-exempt under 501©(3), churches must abide by strict guidelines that prohibit election activity. The Code states in relevant part that 501©(3) organizations cannot “participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” I.R.C. Sec. 501©(3). Thus, as a 501©(3) organization, churches are strictly forbidden from supporting or opposing a candidate for public office. To do so jeopardizes their tax-exempt status. Churches cannot engage in any of the following activities under the federal tax law:

Cannot endorse or oppose candidates for public office
Cannot make any communication—either from the pulpit, in a newsletter, or church bulletin—which expressly advocates for the election or defeat of a candidate for public office
**Cannot make expenditures on behalf of a candidate for public office or allow any of their resources to be used indirectly for political purposes (e.g., use their phones for a phone bank)**
Cannot ask a candidate for public office to sign a pledge or other promise to support a particular issue
Cannot distribute partisan campaign literature
Cannot display political campaign signs on church property

It is fucking appaling that religion isn’t put in the looney bin with the rest of the cults.

Ok edgelad

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