I am DONE

[sethgray]

Recently, 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.

Comments

[8rayray8.livejournal.com]

I knew about this a couple days ago. I was gonna post about it, but I was hoping you would stay ignorant to the whole thing, because I knew how upset you'd be. I'm not suprised it passed, considering all the ignorance in the world. Send me the link also, I will sign and I'm pretty sure I know which church you're talking about. you're right, it's not fair about it being non-taxed. Feel better. Someday there will be equal rights. I hope.

[jupiterrhode.livejournal.com]

I knew about it, I just hadn't looked into it yet. That has since changed, which is why I was so pissed when I learned the main reason it passed.