Churches need to Stay Out of Politics - Conn. Catholic Church

Okay - the fun of Halloween is over- and I saw an article today in the Boston Globe that got my ire up...
Last month I emailed the IRS to ask them if a church keeps openly promoting one candidate if that would disqualify them from their tax status as a non-profit (there are a lot of churches doing this). The IRS never responded. Apparently, they're overwhelmed by the large number promoting one candidate of the other.
Churches REALLY need to stay out of politics. I'm FURIOUS with the Catholic Church. After having supported the church for 45 years, I'm so angry and disgusted with the church for promoting hate, division, inequality, and platforming for conservative candidates.
In the Boston Globe today, Nov. 3, an article explains that Connecticut Catholic bishops are dead-set against gay-marriage and trying to get the newly appointed rights taken away. Who in the Hell are they to take people's rights away? If gay people want to marry and commit themselves, what's wrong with that? It seems that men and women have a HUGE divorce rate, and increasing annually. So, if a gay couple wants to commit and stay committed I think they're a much better example of family.
Love between two consenting adults is love. Period.
The Catholic Church has totally infuriated me beyond belief. I will NEVER return. I really want the IRS to remove their tax-exempt status. I'm sick and tired of churches putting their faces in politics. It was churches that created the whole political mess we've been in for the last 8 years.
Call or Write the Archdiocese of Connecticut and tell them to lay off!
Email: info@archdioceseofhartford.org
Telephone: 860-541-6491

ARTICLE: Conn. ballot masks a battle
Convention vote could lead to ban on gay marriage

HARTFORD - The jubilation that gay couples felt just three weeks ago when Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage has been replaced by Election Day jitters.
Their worries are focused on a ballot question asking voters if they want to authorize Connecticut's first convention in more than 40 years to revise the state constitution.
Opponents of same-sex marriage, including the state's Catholic bishops, are pushing hard for a convention because they believe it could lead to a direct ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in Connecticut.
A new poll by the University of Connecticut and the Hartford Courant found that 50 percent of voters surveyed supported the convention and 39 percent opposed it. But the same poll indicated 55 percent opposed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Full Story:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/11/03/conn_ballot_masks_a_battle/