"Minister of Gospel" tax benefits challenged

"Minister of Gospel" tax benefits challenged
Message #14110 of 14111
Re: "Minister of Gospel" tax benefits challenged

And so the battle begins!

Ministers beginning their offensive against the FFRF IRC 107 lawsuit.

See:

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http://www.earnedmedia.org/pji1022.htm

PJI Moves to Intervene in Lawsuit Attacking Ministers' Housing Allowances

Contact: Brad Dacus, President, Pacific Justice Institute, 916-857-6900

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 22 /Standard Newswire/

(excerpt)

-- Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute is filing court papers this
week
to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed Friday by well-known atheist
Michael
Newdow.

In the new case, Newdow represents the Freedom From Religion Foundation and
several of its members. They are claiming that provisions of federal and
state
law that have for decades permitted tax-exempt housing allowances for
ministers
are unconstitutional.

Pacific Justice Institute is assembling a broad, diverse coalition of local
ministers who would be directly affected if the Court rules in favor of the
plaintiffs. PJI expects to file a motion to intervene on Wednesday.

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You are invited to check out the following:

The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm

American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm

The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html

[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]

HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/

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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning.  Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic."  New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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James Veverka wrote:
One of the ways to counter the attack on American Constitutional principles
by the religious right is to address their revisionism, misinformation and
distortions.

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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote

"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"

That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.

It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html

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