Sermon of the Mounted: Homegirl Fani Speaks at black Church

[Bill]

Originally Posted by WydGlydJim

It is beyond my comprehension why she is speaking about this from the pulpit.......shame shame shame on the leaders of that church. Makes them look like fools. That would never fly at my church.

Here's a little explainer on that particular 'denomination.' They're more akin to Islam, a political group masquerading as a religion.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com...al-ame-church/

Atlanta DA Fani Willis Plays the Race Card Giving Proactive Speech at Big Bethal AME Church
January 14, 2024 | Sundance | 494 Comments

Two high level takeaways. First, please pay attention to the venue {GO DEEP}, as CTH has documented for 10+ years the AME church network is the epicenter of racially driven political influence. BLM are the activist foot soldiers; AME are the network organizers. BLM harvest the ballots; AME are the precinct workers who scan them as many times as needed. This is the “Atlanta way,” that duplicates in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore and Madison.

Second, Fani Willis must anticipate a major problem with her case and conduct if she is proactively going to the crew who will be tasked with circling the wagons on her defense. In this video soundbite Fani Willis plays the race card to her audience at Big Bethal AME church in Atlanta.

Fani Willis’ full speech was 35 minutes long and filled with racially driven context.

The AME church network is the same political system used by Barack “if I had a son” Obama, Benjamin Crump, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin in Miami-Dade/Orlando. The same network in Ferguson Missouri (Mike Brown), the same network in Baltimore, Maryland (Freddy Gray), and on it goes.

The AME network is a system built on the guise of religion, but fraught with politics, racial division, the retention of pretenses and massive fraud.

What do you think "Souls to the Polls" where the black churches bus their members to block vote Democrat is all about?

[Iron Chef]

We should have picked our own cotton.

[Unsuspicious]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

technically, that church should lose tax exempt status for allowing/promoting politics, right?

All churches are political, they should all pay taxes

[gs568]

Originally Posted by LATB

I believe that if the blacks in high ranking government positions were scrutinized you would find that most of them are unqualified and corrupt.

This all f’ng day long.

[Frankie the Fink]

Look ya'll; if I pay my boyfriend some taxpayer money so he can kick it back to me with lavish vacays and expensive outings; anybody criticizing it is racist. That's just the way things work. Cue Charlie Daniels singing "The Devil Went Down To Georgia".

Seriously, if the spineless GA governor doesn't take her off this case or toss it out all together you know "the fix is in". At least, its a mistrial and the whole thing blown out on appeal.

[Onebadcad]

You have a better chance of seeing the Fins win a playoff game, than you do at seeing the IRS remove the tax-exempt status from a church for being political.

The unfollowed written law:

In order to remain tax-exempt under 501(c)(3), churches must abide by strict guidelines that prohibit election activity. The Code states in relevant part that 501(c)(3) organizations cannot “participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” I.R.C. Sec. 501(c)(3). Thus, as a 501(c)(3) organization, churches are strictly forbidden from supporting or opposing a candidate for public office. To do so jeopardizes their tax-exempt status. Churches cannot engage in any of the following activities under the federal tax law:

Cannot endorse or oppose candidates for public office
Cannot make any communication—either from the pulpit, in a newsletter, or church bulletin—which expressly advocates for the election or defeat of a candidate for public office
Cannot make expenditures on behalf of a candidate for public office or allow any of their resources to be used indirectly for political purposes (e.g., use their phones for a phone bank)
Cannot ask a candidate for public office to sign a pledge or other promise to support a particular issue
Cannot distribute partisan campaign literature
Cannot display political campaign signs on church property
Under current law, churches, as well as other 501(c)(3) organizations, may engage in nonpartisan campaign activities, primarily consisting of voter education. Thus, they may organize and coordinate nonpartisan get-out-the-vote and voter registration drives; sponsor nonpartisan candidate debates or forums, so long as all legally qualified candidates are invited to appear and wide spectrum of issues are covered; educate all candidates on issues of public interest; and create legislative scorecards or voter guides. All of these permissible activities must be done on a nonpartisan basis. A 501(c)(3) entity should not even tacitly express favor or disfavor of a particular candidate.

[Bill]

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/97792...s-to-the-polls

Black Church Leaders In Georgia On The Importance Of 'Souls To The Polls'
Updated March 22, 202111:48 AM ET
By James Doubek


Georgia Republican lawmakers have backed off of a proposal that would have curtailed early voting on Sundays in the state.

Sunday voting is especially important for congregants in Black churches, which regularly hold "souls to the polls" events after Sunday services.

"We gather in our churches on Sunday morning, you have morning worship and then after the service you get on the church buses, church vans, get in cars and people go to vote," says Bishop Reginald T. Jackson of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Jackson is the presiding prelate over more than 500 churches in Georgia.

"It's a very effective way the Black church has of getting out our vote," he tells Steve Inskeep on Morning Edition.

Georgia's Republican-led House passed HB 531 earlier this month. One of its provisions would have largely standardized voting across counties, limiting the ability of counties to offer more days to vote. Backers of the change argued that it would have brought more uniformity and less confusion to the state's elections.

After pushback from Black Georgians, Democrats and some in the business community, modified measures would require early voting to be available on two Saturdays before elections, and give local officials the option to open polls on two Sundays.


Black churches' involvement in politics and voter mobilization goes back to the years after the Civil War. But they became a major force during the civil rights movement.

"Souls to the polls has a direct link back to Jim Crow when we were fighting for the right to vote," says Christy Jackson, the supervisor of the Sixth Episcopal District who is also married to Bishop Jackson. "It became something that gave us comfort, to go in a group with our church group during those times to go and vote."

In modern times, Christy Jackson tells Morning Edition, souls to the polls is for the larger community, not just for members of the church. "They might just be community members who get on the bus knowing that they have sort of a safe transport, if you will, to the polls."

Churches are especially important for mobilizing African Americans in rural counties, Christy Jackson says. "There are some polling locations, voting locations that are 10, 15, 20 miles from where a person lives. And so these central located churches, for example, then become what we call neighborhood hubs."

The bills in Georgia's legislature that would increase barriers to voting are largely backed by Republicans.

A Republican criticism is that Black church leaders influence their members on how to vote. State Sen. Larry Walker earlier told NPR he's concerned about "undue influence" on voters with other people helping to fill out ballots.

Black voters have leaned heavily Democratic for decades.

Reginald Jackson counters that "the goal is to get people to vote. You don't tell them how to vote, but we are encouraging them to vote." He says he's not afraid to advise people if he's asked. "That's a common, ordinary thing," he says — adding that it happens in white, heavily Republican, evangelical churches as well.

The bishop says that if any measures that hinder voting end up becoming law, African Americans will persevere.

"If you go back to early times of Jim Crow, even though they did everything to make it hard for us to vote, our ancestors still made every gallant effort. They cast their ballot. Blacks are resilient," he says.

Christy Jackson adds that recounting the struggles of the past to young activists is essential. "You have to tell the story so that you can see the throughline to the other side."

[Onebadcad]

Obviously, black churches, are exempt from this IRS Rule, and all other IRS Rules.
Akin to all socialists are exempt from all tax, finance, criminal, societal, etc... laws and rules.

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by LATB

I believe that if the blacks in high ranking government positions were scrutinized you would find that most of them are unqualified and corrupt.

Look at any black-run country in the world, past and present and there's your answer.

[6spdC6]

Originally Posted by LATB

I believe that if the blacks in high ranking government positions were scrutinized you would find that most of them are unqualified and corrupt.

Originally Posted by GTOguy

Look at any black-run country in the world, past and present and there's your answer.

From what I can see most black politicians and civic leaders the only thing they can run well is their mouths.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by GTOguy

Look at any black-run country in the world, past and present and there's your answer.

Haiti has a poverty level of 60+%.
No one with a means stays there.
No one with an education stays there.
Those who come here never go back.
bill clinton stole tens of millions from them under the guise of earthquake aid.

A good read: https://canada-haiti.ca/content/how-...estroyed-haiti

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

We should have picked our own cotton.

I have been posting that for years.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

We should have picked our own cotton.

Originally Posted by LATB

I have been posting that for years.

No, you've been posting that DEMOCRATS should have picked their own cotton. @Iron Chef just admitted to being a democrat.

[ft laud mike]

Originally Posted by WydGlydJim

It is beyond my comprehension why she is speaking about this from the pulpit.......shame shame shame on the leaders of that church. Makes them look like fools. That would never fly at my church. Appalling really

they look like fools because they are

[LATB]

Originally Posted by snide

No, you've been posting that DEMOCRATS should have picked their own cotton. @Iron Chef just admitted to being a democrat.

You are correct about the democrat part.
I don’t know if IC is a democrat.

[Bill]

[Frankie the Fink]

Where is the GA governor in all of this; not only misuse of taxpayer funds but an inappropriate relationship with a contractor - the woman should loser her job and maybe her law license. Not even counting her office leaked the Trump indictment with associated charges BEFORE the Grand Jury even met to define the charges - what a charade.
If the governor doesn't spank her he should be impeached.

[Onebadcad]

Now GA governor, Kemp, was backed by Trump in 2018.
In 2021 Kemp did not back Trump regarding recount.
In 2022 Trump backed Perdue for GA governor, Kemp still won.
Kemp hates Trump, he will support all court cases against Trump.

[BayouCountry]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Now GA governor, Kemp, was backed by Trump in 2018.
In 2021 Kemp did not back Trump regarding recount.
In 2022 Trump backed Perdue for GA governor, Kemp still won.
Kemp hates Trump, he will support all court cases against Trump.

Yep. TDS comes before country. Reminds me of another guy who threw out all morals and values for personal reasons.

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by snide

@Iron Chef just admitted to being a democrat.

Incorrect. WAAAAAYYYY incorrect.