Vatican backpedaling on abortion excommunication faster than you can say "tax exempt"

[Proud2BAmurkin]

Guess someone whispered "no more tax exemption" in someone's ear.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17202252.htm

In answer to a question about Mexico City's recent legalization of abortion, Benedict indicated that he would support Mexican bishops if they were to decide to excommunicate lawmakers who voted for the law.

"It is part of the code," Benedict said, according to reporters aboard the plane. "It is based simply on the principle that the killing of an innocent human child is incompatible with going in communion with the body of Christ."

The Vatican quickly clarified the pope's remarks, saying that he may have inferred from the question that Mexico's bishops had already taken action against the lawmakers, which they hadn't.

[WindRavenX]

1. I hope they get their tax exempt status revoked.

NT

[Ilsa]

2. The Mormons too. Someone here said the M. Missionaries were

running around their state putting up Romney posters. To me, that a church endorsing a politician. Time to lose that tax exempt status.

[WindRavenX]

3. Oh, the LDS church is just as bad

I'm just psyched I'm moving to Utah...:eyes:

[DemBones DemBones]

4. Do churches have tax-exempt status in Mexico?

I doubt it because they went from being officially Catholic to officially secular many years ago, used to ban Catholics from holding public office.

[Nite Owl]

5. And how many innocent human

children have been killed in the GOP war of choice? Ok to excommunicate them then too?

Hypocrits.

[xchrom]

6. did someone remind benedict that the holy roman empire is HISTORY?!?!