By Chris Johnson
In the aftermath of conservative backlash over Beto O’Rourke agreeing to lift the tax-exemption on churches that oppose same-sex marriage, Pete Buttigieg is distancing himself from the comments. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Buttigieg said O’Rourke was wrong to respond in the affirmative when asked if as president he’d tax churches, schools and charities against […]
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Beto O’Rourke on religious institutions losing tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage: "There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone … that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us" #EqualityTownHall pic.twitter.com/tjwVGqv5h0
— CNN (@CNN) October 11, 2019
Pete Buttigieg: "The idea that you’re going to strip churches of their tax exempt status if they haven’t found their way towards blessing same-sex marriage, I’m not sure [Beto O'Rourke] understood the implications of what he was saying." https://t.co/iK7GrOterI pic.twitter.com/AER8dJUEmt
— The Hill (@thehill) October 14, 2019
The way you practice your faith within your place of worship is your business. But when you are providing services in the public sphere—and you deny equal treatment under the law based on someone's skin color or sexual orientation—then we have a problem. pic.twitter.com/kvE6XgjzjW
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 14, 2019
I honestly don’t see how this becomes a 2020 issue unless O’Rourke is the nominee. The column is hilarious — pollsters MUST ask and candidates MUST answer about this thing that a candidate at 2% has already kind of walked back? https://t.co/NETEvjiXlA
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 14, 2019