Churches taunt the IRS by violating 501-c laws on political activism

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How in the hell do churches qualify as "charitable organizations"? They're in the BUSINESS of selling religion! If I give money to the Cancer Society, I know my money is being used for cancer research. If I give my money to the Red Cross I know it's being used to help people displaced by disasters. If I give my money to a church.... I have no clue what it's being used for!

Unfortunately there are a lot of so called charities that are set up to give someone (or a group of people) a salary and launder money. Though I am an animal lover the Humane society supposedly is a charity to give Lawyers and lobbiests a job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTrhQd9GHlE

Then there's the invisible children charity (Kony 2012) lots of bullshit there, outrageous overhead costs.

What is needed is an across the board reform in the accountability of charities. Threaten them with loosing their tax exempt status. This goes for both churches and other charities. I doubt that the tax exempt status for churches could be removed. I think that they really might fall under the definition of a charity. A charity for a fake need (salvation). Believe me don't get me wrong, I know the business end of the deal too. It's sick. But the charitable organization that fills a fake need thing, I don't know how this can be challenged. I do hope the abuses get cut back a lot.