Red is me. It is actually painful that there are people THIS uneducated about what the 1st amendment is.
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Churches were deceived into thinking they needed to be a 501c in order to be a nonprofit. In that case the government does have say on what can be said. Truth is a church does not need to register as 501c. They are a church, hence a nonprofit.
So the usual IRS fuckery?
Yes. The 501(c) charters is how the Harris/Biden Admin is claiming that the various religions will now start working with the State thru "Federal partnerships."
Didn't GHWB start that ball rolling with his Thousand Points of Light bee ess?
There is tax-exemption for donors, and for the church itself.
Without 501(c) classification, donors will generally pay income taxes on the amounts they donate. Donations would not be "tax exempt".
Non-501(c) churches may not have to pay income taxes on donations they receive, but it's much more work to determine and defend this position than just having the IRS grant a blanket exemption under 501(c).
And that's just federal tax. IRC-conformity in various states, plus cross-references to IRC in property tax and other tax exemptions, makes tax matters more or less complicated depending on where the church is located.
Just like we were conned into getting drivers licenses. I don’t care. It’s just a fun fact.