Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith, and some say it leads to Trump

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pastor Charles Hundley opened his worship service on a cold Sunday in northeast Des Moines with a prayer that made it clear one endorsement above all will matter in Iowa’s caucuses eight days away.

Ron Betts, a 72-year-old Republican who said he plans to caucus for “Trump all the way,” said he felt the former president “exemplified what Jesus would do.”

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-evangelical-voters-trump-2024-22f81caeaec48f5206709d0c67df4be5
 
BidenPresident said:
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pastor Charles Hundley opened his worship service on a cold Sunday in northeast Des Moines with a prayer that made it clear one endorsement above all will matter in Iowa’s caucuses eight days away.

Ron Betts, a 72-year-old Republican who said he plans to caucus for “Trump all the way,” said he felt the former president “exemplified what Jesus would do.”

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-evangelical-voters-trump-2024-22f81caeaec48f5206709d0c67df4be5
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Tell me again why we give churches tax breaks?
 
"While Hundley stops short of suggesting to his parishioners which candidate divine guidance should lead them to support, he is among more than 300 pastors and other faith leaders who’ve been described as supporters by Donald Trump’s campaign. It’s a message that some members of Hundley’s First Church of God have taken to heart, saying their faith informs their intention to caucus for Trump.
 
BidenPresident said:
Churches should pay property taxes like everyone else.
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True, that they do not tends to make it so the government is defining a "good" or "bad" religion and thus government is participating. If your religion is minority enough then you don't get the tax break... there is nothing inherently different between religions and any other "non-profit". All should be treated as if they were the exact same thing.

Though... non-profits for charitable purposes do not pay property taxes... so maybe they already are.
 
Damocles said:
True, that they do not tends to make it so the government is defining a "good" or "bad" religion and thus government is participating. If your religion is minority enough then you don't get the tax break... there is nothing inherently different between religions and any other "non-profit". All should be treated as if they were the exact same thing.

Though... non-profits for charitable purposes do not pay property taxes... so maybe they already are.
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I don't think charities are exempt from property taxes.
 
BidenPresident said:
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pastor Charles Hundley opened his worship service on a cold Sunday in northeast Des Moines with a prayer that made it clear one endorsement above all will matter in Iowa’s caucuses eight days away.

Ron Betts, a 72-year-old Republican who said he plans to caucus for “Trump all the way,” said he felt the former president “exemplified what Jesus would do.”

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-evangelical-voters-trump-2024-22f81caeaec48f5206709d0c67df4be5
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The bolded seems impossible.
 
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