BigBrother Bush at So. Baptist convention: why does this NOT endanger

[Lerkfish]

tax-free status? it'd be one thing if a politician spoke at a religious gathering and talked....religion. But he's talking legislation, voting and political quid pro quo -- why isn't this grounds to revoke tax exempt status for the baptists?

can any lawyers chime in and explain? Thanks in advance.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8303545/



NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Reviving a major plank of his re-election campaign, President Bush called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Tuesday.

The president’s address to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention — the fourth year in a row he has spoken to the conservative evangelical gathering — was crafted to rally the social religious conservatives who make up a crucial part of Bush’s governing coalition. He restated his commitment to issues dear to conservatives’ hearts, notably his opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion and research on human embryonic stem cells — a stance he calls the “culture of life.”

[bullimiami]

1. that is fucking sick and scary.

those drones are mindless.

and absolutely any church that gets involved in politics needs to have their tax exept status revoked.

[ms liberty]

2. Welcome to the fascist theocracy... n/t

[Lerkfish]

3. oh, I already know that...I'm asking if this can be grounds for revokation

of the So. Baptists' tax exempt status.

"fascist theocracy? we're soaking in it"(/Madge)

[jmcon007]

4. I remember Reagan in the same situation and he said

"I know you can't endorse me, but I endorse you!" They jizzed all over each other.