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Buttigieg, Warren reject O’Rourke plan to link church tax status, LGBT policy

October 14, 2019

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A comment last week by candidate Beto O’Rourke that churches and faith-based institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they don’t support same-sex marriage has brought criticism from two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Amid broad drop in charitable donations, giving to God down $3 billion last year

by David Crary

June 18, 2019

(AP) — Giving to religion — perennially the biggest sector — is estimated to have declined by 1.5% in 2018 (a decrease of 3.9% adjusted for inflation), with a total of $124.52 billion in contributions.

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Equity requires new taxes and the enforcement of current laws

by Thomas Reese

May 28, 2019

(RNS) — Tax avoidance is not a new topic for God's faithful: The Old Testament prophet Amos condemned the wealthy of his generation for the same tactics.

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Why the Johnson Amendment is always debated and never repealed

by Jacob Lupfer

December 21, 2018

(RNS) — Responsible actors, including the IRS, seek no change because the current law works in the best interests of churches, the government and society at large.

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Jerusalem tax spat pits heaven against earth

by Jerome Socolovsky

March 12, 2018

JERUSALEM (RNS) — An ethereal city graced with sunlight so bright it turns the white stone skyline gold at sunset, Jerusalem is also an earthbound city whose teachers must be paid and whose garbage must be collected.

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American Muslims should insist on a tax reform that protects the poor

by Zara Ahmad

November 1, 2017

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Like Catholic bishops did in the 1980s.

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Buttigieg, Warren reject O’Rourke plan to link church tax status, LGBT policy

Amid broad drop in charitable donations, giving to God down $3 billion last year

Why the Johnson Amendment is always debated and never repealed

Jerusalem tax spat pits heaven against earth

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