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The wall that separated church and state is crumbling at a time when Christian nationalism is on the rise in the GOP.

Is it truly a part of the First Amendment’s “free exercise of religion” clause to exempt political lobbying groups from paying their fair share of taxes?

Lax enforcement of IRS policies allow anti-LGBTQ hate groups and white nationalists to masquerade as tax-exempt charities, saving them millions in taxes.

The “Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft” now has the “religious freedom” to challenge trans rights in court.

Focus on the Family and Liberty University are both both taking money out of your pocket to line their pockets.

And they aren’t the only far-right, anti-LGBT group to go the way of a “church” to get out of filing documents with the IRS.

CEO Dan Cathy’s pledge to steer clear of social issues and focus on chicken turns out to be as solid as the brand’s waffle fries.

Apparently he’s been “laying hands” on millions of his followers’ dollars.

The out MSNBC host said what was in the tax return she obtained wasn’t as important as the fact that they are obtainable.

The lawmakers said Idaho should not conform with the Internal Revenue Service because the state’s constitution still includes language banning same-sex marriage.

Moby scoffed at a request for him to DJ, and Church tweeted: “A simple Internet search would show I think you’re a tyrant.”

Lawmakers have sent a tax conformity bill back to the drawing board because it would have removed an unenforceable rule banning joint returns from same-sex couples.

Straight couples simply copy numbers from one form to another. But that doesn’t work for same-sex couples reporting combined incomes, deductions and exemptions on their federal tax returns. These couples must untangle their finances on many state returns, where they are still considered single.

NOM is seeking $691,000 in legal fees related to an unsuccessful lawsuit that claimed a leaked tax disclosure was deliberate and politically motivated.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a blistering response to a motion by the National Organization for Marriage demanding nearly $700,000 attorneys’ fees for their lawsuit over the release of confidential tax documents. In June, a federal court ordered the U.S. government to pay $50,000 to the NOM after the group claimed that confidential donor …

WASHINGTON — A federal court has ordered the U.S. government to pay $50,000 to the National Organization for Marriage after the group claimed that confidential donor information from its tax returns was “leaked” to an activist and later published by the Human Rights Campaign and the Huffington Post.

A federal district court judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit by the National Organization for Marriage that claimed an employee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service deliberately leaked a confidential tax document from NOM to a political opponent, the Human Rights Campaign.

WASHINGTON — Legally married same-sex couples may be in for a couple of surprises come tax time. Filing federal taxes could become more complicated for gay married couples who live in states that don’t recognize their marriage. When the U.S. Supreme Court threw out provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act, which had defined marriage […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is letting legally married same-sex couples claim some health care tax benefits for this year.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday he is directing officials to accept tax returns jointly filed by same-sex couples who were legally married in other states.