In a ruling that many in the religious community see as a threat to their own tax-exempt status, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Catholic Charities, a Catholic Non-Profit that serves the poor and the homeless, is not, fundamentally a religious organization because serving the poor and homeless isn’t a religious act.
Wisconsin’s Labor and Industry Review Commission revoked Catholic Charities’ Tax-Exempt status under the premise that their work, taking care of the poor and the homeless, was “secular work,” revealing the ignorance of religion in general, and Christianity more specifically, and Catholicism specifically.
The lack of understanding of the necessity of doing good works to many faiths, especially Catholicism, by top government officials and the State’s Supreme Court Justices does not instill the citizen with confidence in the efficacy of the law and the courts.
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Excerpt from www.theblaze.com
The Wisconsin Supreme Court in March issued a shockingly bad decision in Catholic Charities Bureau v. State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission. The court held — I’m not making this up — that Catholic Charities is not operated primarily for religious purposes. How in the world did we get here?
The case speaks volumes about the state of religion, law, and politics today. The ruling highlights the partisan state of modern courts — the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to a 4-3 liberal majority after last year’s election, and, of course, the 4-3 decision in this case fell along ideological lines. Judges often speak of a deep commitment to the rule of law that transcends partisanship, but it is hard to read cases like this and take seriously the notion that nothing other than a proper interpretation of the law motivated the four liberal justices.
These charitable acts — known as the corporal works of mercy — are not optional. They are at the heart of Christian religion.
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Paul Collier
Paul Collier is the editor of The Freedomist newsite, our Weekday Reports, and our Monthly Publication, Freedomist Intelligence Advisor (previously McAlvany Intelligence Advisor). He has been involved in news publishing since 2003.
