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Religion Today Feature Story a close-up look at the people, issues and events making news http://link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.8.25891.1.1698058 Catholic Group to Ask IRS to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Florida Church Melanie Hunter Deputy Managing Editor, CNS News A Catholic group plans to ask the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-exempt status of a Miami, Fla., church, where prominent Democrats helped turn the Sunday church service into what the South Florida Sun-Sentinel called a "political rally." The Catholic League said the bishop of Miami's New Birth Baptist Church, Bishop Victor T. Curry, "welcomed" former Democratic presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe. "Rev. Sharpton, speaking from the pulpit, added to the politicized atmosphere by shouting, 'We're not people who are going to be beat twice,'" Catholic League President William Donohue said. * * * * * * * * * * * * ADVERTISEMENT * * * * * * * * * * * MINISTRY EDUCATION IS AS CLOSE AS YOUR COMPUTER KEYBOARD. By Enrolling in a Master's Divinity School program, you will be able to begin ministry education at your own pace, making it practical to earn a degree that may otherwise be impossible. This is the age of distance ed, & today is the day to start! http://l.salemweb.net/masters1203b/fs/083104/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "But no one was more partisan than McAuliffe: 'Bush has misled us for four years and will not mislead us for the next four years. Get out to vote and we'll send Bush back to Texas.' Consequently, the Catholic League will ask the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of this church," he added. "In what Donohue called "an interesting turn of events," former President Bill Clinton spoke Sunday at New York's Riverside Church. "Politics and political involvement dictated by faith is not the exclusive province of the right wing," Donohue quoted Clinton as saying. "This is a remarkable statement coming from a leader of the Democratic Party. To be specific, John Kerry has said, 'I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist...' Thus does Kerry want to inoculate his religious views from his political positions?" he asked. "This is in sharp contrast to Bill Clinton's plea that one's politics should be dictated by one's faith," Donohue added. Also in contrast, Donohue said, Rev. George Rutler celebrated Mass Sunday in New York, which was "well attended" by Catholics who were in town for the convention. "In a lengthy sermon, which focused on humility and the poor, Rutler made a passing reference to the controversy over Catholic pro-abortion politicians, saying that 'No one has a right to take Communion,'" Donohue said. "Yet this was enough for an AP reporter to say that 'church-state separation watchdogs' have said that 'Masses such as the one held Sunday amount to tacit political endorsement,'" he added. "Neither Clinton nor Rutler violated the IRS rules governing church and state. But McAuliffe crossed the line, hence the need to contact the IRS," Donohue concluded. ---------------------------------------------------------------- C 2004 CNS News. To read current World news stories, National news stories, and commentaries, visit http://link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.8.25891.2.1698058 ----------- For Copyright Terms visit http://link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.8.25891.3.1698058 ____________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO_______________________ * This newsletter is never sent unsolicited. To unsubscribe from this newsletter immediately, simply click on the link below. If this link is not clickable, simply cut and paste it into the address bar of your browser. http://www.salememail.com/unsub/8/1698058.aspx * Copyright C 2004 Salem Web Network and its Content Providers. All rights reserved. 1698058 ____________________________________________________________ Online predators know that more kids are online in the summer than at any other time of year. Research shows that 90% of children between 8-16 have viewed pornography on the internet. Not because they are looking for it but because porn is looking for them. Don't be a victim. Porn-proof your home with Bsafe.com http://l.salemweb.net/bsafe0604/ ____________________________________________________________ Questions or comments can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
