Hope Aaron's not too busy - apologies for the extra work!
I find this unbelievable - over-the-top chilling. I hope the site's disclaimer covers this sort of thing.
Do you agree with the CRA that tax exemption status is a legit reason to limit what can be expressed by a church publication?
What about other conservative church publications that urge members to vote for a candidate that supports their "core beliefs/tenets" as a denomination? Seems they can say what they like. It's just the Leftie, "hopey changey" publications that are the irritant for the CRA. It's ok for ReformaCon mp's to be publicly pro- life on the public payroll!!!
Comments?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/11/08/mb-mennonite-mag...
http://www.canadianmennonite.org/articles/‘political-reminder’-disturbing
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/plcy/dvsry-eng.html
Astonishing. And so it begins...
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A Mennonite church magazine has been told by the Canada Revenue Agency to be careful about the kind of political articles and editorials it publishes.
In a "reminder" letter sent to Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service earlier this year, the federal agency says engaging in "partisan political activities" could jeopardize the organization's charitable status.
This young man was suspended from an Ontario High School for writing and distributing this letter....
PAUL GOMILLE’S LETTER TO YOUNG WOMEN
According to the young author, the passages in boldface are those the school’s administrators took issue with.
It was suggested on another thread "Are Homosexuals Sinners Thread Removed" that removing examples of homophobia and hate speech, scripturally referenced or otherwise, is a lost opportunity for members to see just how hurtful and wrong some of those posts are.
Yesterday, I had the novel and unpleasant experience of seeing the Toronto Star "unpublish" half a dozen comments on an article about Omar Khadr, written by Rosie DiManno: fakirscanada.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/01/2379993-what-does-the-toronto-stars-rosie-dimanno-think-of-her-readers
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