A case that is “currently before the United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky”:
On December 12, 2012, American Atheists and two co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky demanding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stop giving preferential treatment to churches and religious organizations via the process of receiving non-profit tax-exempt status under the Internal Revue Code (IRC) procedures and definitions.IRS
Groups like American Atheists receive tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) but, because the organization is not classified as religious, it costs American Atheists and other secular non-profits significantly more money each year to maintain that status. In this lawsuit, American atheists and the other plaintiffs are demanding that all tax-exempt organizations, including those characterized as religious by the IRS, have the same requirements to achieve and maintain tax-exempt status.
Christians, before you moan and groan about the war on this and that, recall the words of your very own master: “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And what does God want? Nothing that’s under the sun.
Caesar was real.
@yaknow: I’ve never seen anything in the historical record to back up your assertions.
When exactly did atheists make the switch from just being atheists to being super aggressive jerks?
It’s not aggressive to ask that organizations that ACT like for-profit organizations (and often hold extreme influence over the political process) would be treated as such, at least on a limited scale.
It’s not 1776 anymore.
@melogna, +1.
People can believe whatever bullshit they want. They shouldn’t get preferentially treated because they happen to believe in a specific type of bullshit.
If you want to not contribute to the state, you need to be prepared to truly, actually live apart from it. If you want to receive state benefits to any degree, you have to contribute the way the rest of us do.
Just like the rest of us, you remain free to complain about the state and believe a bunch of utter horseshit.
Graham
That’s because you are a fake intellectual. We have ample record of that.
I say make ’em pay taxes like the rest of us.
@yaknow: You’re so boring.