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    Election 2020 Beto O'Rourke says churches should be taxed if they refuse to support gay marriage

    Oh, that's an entirely fair criticism to have, don't get me wrong. I just like people to be accurate in the criticism, which should be that Osteen's Church had a delayed effort to open up to people only after a public outcry, not that they failed to do so entirely. I would also say that one...
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    Election 2020 Beto O'Rourke says churches should be taxed if they refuse to support gay marriage

    Yeeaaah. So, I ain't a fan of Olsteen or anything but even Snopes shows it's a lot more complicated than that and that they DID, in fact, take in folks in the aftermath of Harvey. However, the initial claims were reported much more widely and vividly than the actual details of what was going...
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    Election 2020 Beto O'Rourke says churches should be taxed if they refuse to support gay marriage

    Except... he does? Pastors still have to pay income tax as far as I'm aware. Now the organization he heads doesn't have to pay taxes, sure, but that's true of numerous charitable organizations even beyond religious ones.
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    Election 2020 Beto O'Rourke says churches should be taxed if they refuse to support gay marriage

    There is no price of admission for Freedom of Speech and Petition. Under the US system, everyone has those inherently, taxes or not be damned. Heck, for more than half the US' history, individuals paid no direct taxes on them, but still had Freedom of Speech and Petition. That's not what...
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    Election 2020 Beto O'Rourke says churches should be taxed if they refuse to support gay marriage

    Bear in mind, multiple Dem candidates have basically said they want to pack the Supreme Court. So that plan is not out of the question.
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