Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins:
Thursday’s hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee wasn’t the first time liberals have tried to use the IRS to do their dirty work — but it might be the most revealing. At a Thursday event that was either unnoticed by the press (or intentionally sidestepped by it), Democrats spent almost three hours bloviating on “How the Tax Code Subsidizes Hate.” Their solution? Strip mainstream Christian organizations — and anyone else guilty of the Left’s version of “hate” — of their tax-exempt status.
“Our tax code,” chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) insisted, “is no place for hate. Groups that propagate white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and hatred for the LGBTQ community, among others, do not deserve a government subsidy through tax exemption. Hate is not charitable…”
This is exactly what conservatives warned about after Obergefell. Before the Supreme Court forced same-sex marriage on the country, President Obama’s solicitor general admitted that faith-based organizations would be the single most vulnerable group in America.
Now, Democrats want to weaponize the IRS against Christian nonprofits and others with whom they disagree. But don’t think for a second that they’ll stop with a list of 60. If they succeed in making the Bible “hate speech,” they’ll march on to America’s churches — and then to anyone with politically incorrect views.
(1/5): Over 60 hate groups receive tax exempt status every year – meaning taxpayers are subsidizing the continued operation of these organizations. It’s unacceptable that your money continues to help propagate hatred from groups like these:
— Ways & Means Committee (@WaysMeansCmte) September 19, 2019
(2/5): The Vdare foundation, which argues that: pic.twitter.com/yepyNnpBE9
— Ways & Means Committee (@WaysMeansCmte) September 19, 2019
(3/5): The New Century Foundation, whose magazine ‘American Renaissance’ has stated: pic.twitter.com/FmPEHJsuFs
— Ways & Means Committee (@WaysMeansCmte) September 19, 2019
(4/5): The American Family Association, which has claimed: pic.twitter.com/cFxzQN7zR3
— Ways & Means Committee (@WaysMeansCmte) September 19, 2019
(5/5): These remarks are vile and only work to perpetuate hate crimes and stir division. There is no reason the U.S. government should continue to subsidize groups like these – Ways & Means Dems are shining a light on this issue today.
— Ways & Means Committee (@WaysMeansCmte) September 19, 2019