Post by Sunnysnet on Nov 2, 2004 16:27:16 GMT -5
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headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/292004h.asp
...A Republican congressman says a recent ruling from the IRS points
to the need for a bill he's been promoting: the Houses of Worship Freedom of
Speech Restoration Act (H.R. 235).
The Internal Revenue Service decided this week that churches cannot pray for
a Bush victory in the upcoming election and keep their tax-exempt status.
North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones was shocked and angered
when he heard the news of the ruling. "I am outraged, to be honest with you,
" the lawmaker says. "This just infuriates me ... that in America -- the home
and the land of the free, with all our men and women who have given their life
to protect freedom from the beginning of America through today -- that we would
have a federal agency ... try to restrict prayer by our spiritual leaders. It is just
unacceptable."
Jones has been working for four years to ensure freedom of
speech for the churches in the U.S. with H.R. 235, a piece of legislation he
crafted. He says his bill will prevent the "big brother" intimidation of agencies
like the IRS.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he
hath
chosen for his own inheritance. Psalm 33:12
headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/292004h.asp
...A Republican congressman says a recent ruling from the IRS points
to the need for a bill he's been promoting: the Houses of Worship Freedom of
Speech Restoration Act (H.R. 235).
The Internal Revenue Service decided this week that churches cannot pray for
a Bush victory in the upcoming election and keep their tax-exempt status.
North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones was shocked and angered
when he heard the news of the ruling. "I am outraged, to be honest with you,
" the lawmaker says. "This just infuriates me ... that in America -- the home
and the land of the free, with all our men and women who have given their life
to protect freedom from the beginning of America through today -- that we would
have a federal agency ... try to restrict prayer by our spiritual leaders. It is just
unacceptable."
Jones has been working for four years to ensure freedom of
speech for the churches in the U.S. with H.R. 235, a piece of legislation he
crafted. He says his bill will prevent the "big brother" intimidation of agencies
like the IRS.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he
hath
chosen for his own inheritance. Psalm 33:12