Diocese of Portland asks for more money to fight Marriage Equality
9/5/09-by Paula Brooks
Maine’s Catholic church continues on in the fight against same sex marriage.
Today, Bishop Richard Malone appealed to members of the Diocese of Portland to take up a special second collection next weekend in support Stand For Marriage Maine, the group leading the effort to repeal Maine’s same sex marriage law.
Bishop Richard Malone also noted in his appeal that Stand For Marriage Maine would be holding a big rally Sunday, September 13 at the Augusta Civic Center and those who want to attend must get free tickets through their church.
In other news… Last week the Bishop also said the Diocese of Portland plans to close five churches in Maine due to a declining and aging Catholic population, as well as other deficits the Church is facing.
The Bishop said the church just can’t keep the buildings up and running anymore.
Two churches in Lewiston, two in Biddeford, and another in Saco are to be shut down.
So I guess you won’t be able get your free Stand For Marriage Maine big anti gay marriage rally tickets at those locations….
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You can submit a complaint to the IRS and request they dig deeper into their tax exemption status.
It’s pretty easy. Just fill out the one page form, and you can do it anonymously.
Here is the complaint form – http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf
Thank You for the 411 Lori
The Catholic Church along with the Mormon church and a lot of other churches have been violating IRS tax laws in connection with their involvement in political endorsements and ballot initiatives for years and the IRS has simply looked the other way. Nothing will come of any lawsuits brought against the Catholic Church. I have effectively however cut off all donations to all ancillary organizations affiliated with the Catholic Church including my high school and college funds. I simply send a note when asked to donate that says,”because of the Catholic Church’s anti-gay marriage political support, I will no longer be funding Catholic organizations.” Maybe they’ll get the message.
Notice how much more effort the Catholic clergy devote to meddling in politics than they devote to getting child rapists out of the priesthood.