Comments on: Withers: Fighting back against Monserrate http://www.365gay.com/blog/031110-fighting-back-against-monserrate/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Scott Rose http://www.365gay.com/blog/031110-fighting-back-against-monserrate/comment-page-1/#comment-84959 Scott Rose Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:50:19 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=12748#comment-84959 Worms have a useful role to fulfill in the ecosystem. It isn't clear, however, that Monserrate does. We should be going for the economic jugular in this. IRS law forbids churches with tax exempt status to endorse or speak against a political candidate. Revered Ricardo Reyes spoke out in favor of Monserrate, saying at a Monserrate rally "I have seen a whole generation of children sunk down by the gay community." We should immediately have clarity on whether any of Reyes's many religious organizations enjoy tax exempt status. The question should be an open book with total transparency, right now. And, if Reyes does in any way benefit from tax exempt status, that status must be immediately revoked. Worms have a useful role to fulfill in the ecosystem. It isn’t clear, however, that Monserrate does. We should be going for the economic jugular in this. IRS law forbids churches with tax exempt status to endorse or speak against a political candidate. Revered Ricardo Reyes spoke out in favor of Monserrate, saying at a Monserrate rally “I have seen a whole generation of children sunk down by the gay community.” We should immediately have clarity on whether any of Reyes’s many religious organizations enjoy tax exempt status. The question should be an open book with total transparency, right now. And, if Reyes does in any way benefit from tax exempt status, that status must be immediately revoked.

]]> By: Tom in Long Beach http://www.365gay.com/blog/031110-fighting-back-against-monserrate/comment-page-1/#comment-84931 Tom in Long Beach Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:47 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=12748#comment-84931 How sad that the anti-gay church people are willing to back someone with major issues just because they hate us so much. Tom in Long Beach How sad that the anti-gay church people are willing to back someone with major issues just because they hate us so much.

Tom in Long Beach

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