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.
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 2008-11-09 11:36 pm (UTC)