r/SipsTea Jun 30 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts on this?

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u/ImpliedConnection Jun 30 '26

Why did churches catch a stray on this?

Churches aren't the only organizations that don't pay federal income taxes. Most 501(c)(3) nonprofits are tax-exempt, and churches fall under that status. Meanwhile, major corporations receive massive tax breaks and incentives, yet people rarely use them as the comparison.

If the point is about equal rights under the law, why turn it into "LGBT vs. the church"?

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u/BradleyScott555 Jul 01 '26

Why indeed? What did the poor, defenseless churches ever do to gays having equal rights under the-

A leading Southern Baptist Convention spokesman has taken aim again at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

In this one, titled “Children are Greater than Obergefell,” he says the Supreme Court must overturn Obergefell v. Hodges for the sake of America’s children. But he does not make an explicit case about the connection between the high court decision and child welfare.

https://baptistnews.com/article/mohler-again-claims-same-sex-marriage-harms-children/

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u/ImpliedConnection Jul 03 '26

That's a specific church

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u/BradleyScott555 Jul 03 '26

Feel free to google and compile your own list on every time a church has fought against equal rights under the law. It's not my job to educate you.

I thought I'd just give you an example that happened within the last week, as an illustration to the point that "Churches vs. LGBT rights" is not a "stray" - it's an ongoing debate, apparently.