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[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 50 points 2 months ago

I submitted a tip with pictures of Trump and anti-choice signs all over my parents church, the property outside, as well as direct links to streamed sermons where the pastor is outright telling people if they vote Democrat they're going to hell so be a good Christian and vote for trump.

Over a year after the abortion issue signs and nothing has come of it.

[-] arin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 21 points 2 months ago

Filled out the generic form from the IRS but I also submitted a tip for fraud to the fbi tip linsite and added the pics in with the submitted forms, though if they have an automated system I'm sure not a single person saw the pictures...

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

Fuck them...tax them out of existence

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

I remember George W. Bush specifically writing up an EO to IRS to cease enforcement of laws against non-profits getting political. Churches have the double advantage of getting minimum scrutiny for their tax-exempt status, which is much harder to maintain for other 501(c)(3) organization. Now a bunch of right-wing Christian nationalist PACs and activity fronts qualify themselves as churches.

So yeah, the damage far exceeds pastors getting to tell their congregations how to vote.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Of course they are.

[-] 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

After the “church” of Scientology showed the IRS who runs things, I’m sure the unofficial policy became to ignore religious organizations completely.

[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

There is even an unofficial holiday for it called Pulpit Freedom Sunday.

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