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sethgrayRecently, a certain religious organization donated something like 40%, 20+ million dollars, to the pro-prop 8 ads in California. I have just recently come back from signing a petition on line that will urge the IRS to remove this church's tax-exempt status. It's not actually clear that they've violated the letter of the law, yet, but they have lobbied for legislation and that CLEARLY violates the spirit of the tax-exempt law.
The most shameful thing, for me, about all of this is that my name is still listed on the member records of this church. I aim to rectify that as soon as possible. My resignation letter is complete and on my harddrive even now. All I have to do is wait until my aunt comes to take me home in two weeks so I can ask my other aunt that works at the post office to help me set up the deliver confirmation. I don't want some stranger at the local USPS branch to do it. I want to know it's been done right.
Two weeks seems like an awfully long time to wait, but I need to know it will be done the way I want it. This is the only way I can speak out because I don't live in California, so I don't want my voice to get lost somewhere in the shuffle.
This journal has become so writing oriented over the past year that I almost feel weird posting this here.
The most shameful thing, for me, about all of this is that my name is still listed on the member records of this church. I aim to rectify that as soon as possible. My resignation letter is complete and on my harddrive even now. All I have to do is wait until my aunt comes to take me home in two weeks so I can ask my other aunt that works at the post office to help me set up the deliver confirmation. I don't want some stranger at the local USPS branch to do it. I want to know it's been done right.
Two weeks seems like an awfully long time to wait, but I need to know it will be done the way I want it. This is the only way I can speak out because I don't live in California, so I don't want my voice to get lost somewhere in the shuffle.
This journal has become so writing oriented over the past year that I almost feel weird posting this here.
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on 2008-11-08 04:30 pm (UTC)It will be difficult, but I think I will feel better when all is said and done.
I'm not really a member anymore in anything but name. I stopped going to actual church services somewhere in my freshman year, I think, and then stopped going to other meetings soon after that. It's just reached the point where even technical membership is too much.
Yes, it just makes me sick that all three measures passed. Haven't we come farther than this? I guess not.