I think many Christians have sold out to government and this is just another example of it coming to bite back. Wait until gay marriages come along and then we'll see how wise a decision it was to hand marriage over from a private social insitution to a government enforced one. How many people can imagine any of those who just fought for freedom from England in early America filing for 501(c)3 status?
I'm not a Christian proponent, but I think religions in general would be best served by remaining independent of government. Probably half the reasons I left and never went back to a church were because of the watered down hypocracy that's passed around second hand. Who defines marriage for Christians - individuals (and possibly whatever the Bible, God or a church say), or some people in D.C.? Who selects the material discussed within a congregation - the preach, or members, or the IRS?
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Pro-war Christians have consumed enough coolaid already. It's good to see Christians aren't entirely state controlled yet. You can tell the churches that haven't sold out yet, because the IRS is on their back.
Wait until your own church gets hit and you guys are painted as a bunch of nuts in the media too. (Or are you going to tell me that's already happening?)