Democrat Presidental candidate Beto O’Rourke said that he supports taking away tax-exempt status for churches
Democrat presidential candidate Robert Francis O’Rourke says that he will take away the tax-exempt status of churches if they do not believe in same-sex marriage pic.twitter.com/CcHyiUVCAs
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 11, 2019
Denny Burk put out an impactful tweet thread on this:
Beto O’Rourke calls for Christian churches to lose their tax-exempt status unless they endorse gay marriage. This draconian assault on the first amendment is now the MAINSTREAM view within the Democratic party. /1 https://t.co/ozyXLtbu9k
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
This could bankrupt many churches and religious institutions because it would dissuade contributions. Many churches would lose their property as a result of being unable to pay property taxes–especially in big cities. This is truly draconian and unconstitutional. /2
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
It means that we have an entire political party that is directly arrayed against Christian churches that remain faithful to Christ… for now. I do not foreclose the possibility that the other party could eventually go the same route. /3
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
For now, though, we are dealing with one political party’s mainstreaming of this opposition to churches who remain faithful to Christ’s teaching about marriage and sexuality. /4
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
My hope is that cooler heads will prevail and that the American electorate will turn away from this attempt to punish churches for their beliefs. I certainly hope and pray that Christians will press their democratic privileges to oppose this kind of injustice. /5
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
Christians, we need to be ready for a new reality. We are likely to face fines and other penalties for staying faithful to Christ’s teaching. Our churches may eventually lose tax exempt status. Any number of negative outcomes are possible in the approaching conflagration. /6
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
But Jesus prepared us for this. He told us that it would be this way, and it was always wrong to assume that such a thing could never happen to us here. Jesus’ warning has always been relevant, especially now. /7
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you… But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.”
-John 15:18-21
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— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
But this is precisely the kind of discipleship that Jesus has called all of us to, and it will be worth it in the end.
“For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it. ”
-Matthew 16:25
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— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 11, 2019
While the Democrats walk around claiming to be against authoritarianism they are calling for policies that are extremely authoritarian. There is no question that if this happened it would be an unprecedented attack on religious freedom, maybe even making it nonexistent in America.
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